# Purushottampur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan – Population

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,267 people in 304 households**, the 53rd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,267people (2011)
- 304households
- 72.7%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**82%

Use banking services ****71%**

**61%

Television ****14%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**972

Working population ****36.0%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 58.6% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (32%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 50 (11%) · **■** Marginal 151 (33%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Purbba Islampur1,338 people
- Durgapur1,325 people
- Mahula1,310 people
- Rasulpur1,308 people
- Khiruli1,237 people
- Darpashila1,235 people
- Sitapur1,214 people
- Monoharpur1,168 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?1,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?72.7% (Census 2011)