# Purushottampur Village, Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Chinsurah - Magra sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,543 people in 366 households**, the 22nd largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,543people (2011)
- 366households
- 71.9%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**25%

Tap water ****7%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**28%

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

**51%

Use banking services ****16%**

**53%

Television ****19%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**89%

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 · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1193**

**953

Working population ****41.4%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 67.8% for women. 64% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 58 (9%) · **■** Marginal 383 (60%)

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 Chinsurah - Magra

- Iswarbaha1,808 people
- Namajghar1,781 people
- Saptagram1,758 people
- Chanparai1,672 people
- Jatrasudi1,411 people
- Naksa1,374 people
- Talandu1,366 people
- Rajarambati1,359 people

[All 52 villages in Chinsurah - Magra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chinsurah-magra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?1,543 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Hugli district (Chinsurah - Magra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?71.9% (Census 2011)