# Purusottampur Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Purusottampur

Purusottampur is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **852 people in 175 households**, the 67th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 852people (2011)
- 175households
- 83.4%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purusottampur

Of every 100 households in Purusottampur in 2011, 68 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purusottampur · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**79%

Use banking services ****81%**

**62%

Television ****38%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**12%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Purusottampur?

■ Purusottampur · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1383**

**951

Working population ****31.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 77.9% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (14%) · **■** Household industry 13 (5%) · **■** Other work 94 (35%) · **■** Marginal 98 (37%)

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 Jaypur

- Barasat887 people
- Kunda Pushkarini885 people
- Bhurkunda865 people
- Dasdighi853 people
- Sainda821 people
- Bamangram817 people
- Ramnagar797 people
- Hariharpur793 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purusottampur?852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purusottampur in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purusottampur?83.4% (Census 2011)