# Purushottampur Village, Indpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Indpur, Bankura 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Indpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,171 people in 240 households**, the 43rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 1,171people (2011)
- 240households
- 59.2%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Indpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**89%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**82%

Use banking services ****35%**

**48%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Purushottampur?

■ Purushottampur · ■ Indpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**932

Working population ****32.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 42.3% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (49%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 27 (7%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Indpur

- Kurpa1,262 people
- Satami1,256 people
- Dhuniagar1,252 people
- Sonardanga1,213 people
- Dakshin Pairachali1,170 people
- Saerdi1,164 people
- Goaladanga1,153 people
- Dharampur1,149 people

[All 222 villages in Indpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?1,171 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Bankura district (Indpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?59.2% (Census 2011)