# Purushottompur Village, Singur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Singur, Hugli 

# Purushottompur

Purushottompur is a village in Singur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,830 people in 418 households**, the 42nd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.4%.

- 1,830people (2011)
- 418households
- 77.0%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottompur

Of every 100 households in Purushottompur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purushottompur · ■ Singur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**27%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**74%

Use banking services ****44%**

**58%

Television ****54%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**7%

Own their home ****90%**

**97%

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 Purushottompur?

■ Purushottompur · ■ Singur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**83.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**950

Working population ****39.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 71.6% for women. 66% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (5%) · **■** Household industry 39 (5%) · **■** Other work 266 (37%) · **■** Marginal 284 (39%)

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 Singur

- Palara2,008 people
- Dhopaghata2,007 people
- Paunan1,970 people
- Kaliara1,942 people
- Mostafapur1,819 people
- Chak.Gobinda1,791 people
- Ajabnagar1,777 people
- Milki1,691 people

[All 100 villages in Singur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/singur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottompur?1,830 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottompur in?Hugli district (Singur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottompur?77.0% (Census 2011)