# Purusottampur Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Purusottampur

Purusottampur is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **273 people in 65 households**, the 114th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 273people (2011)
- 65households
- 77.9%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purusottampur

Of every 100 households in Purusottampur in 2011, 59 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purusottampur · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**80%

Use banking services ****25%**

**34%

Television ****52%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**983

Working population ****39.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 69.4% for women. 64% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 31 (28%) · **■** Marginal 15 (14%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Giripur307 people
- Porabali306 people
- Nijuri281 people
- Pachmi280 people
- Andhargram258 people
- Amaipur252 people
- Rupganja235 people
- Kalidaha208 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purusottampur?273 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purusottampur in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purusottampur?77.9% (Census 2011)