# Purushottampur Village, Raninagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,880 people in 1,651 households**, the 8th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 6,880people (2011)
- 1,651households
- 63.3%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**47%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**27%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****54%**

**38%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**992

Working population ****31.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 64.2% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,193 (54%) · **■** Household industry 53 (2%) · **■** Other work 246 (11%) · **■** Marginal 480 (22%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Bishnupur8,320 people
- Herampur8,125 people
- Lochanpur8,067 people
- Kamalpur7,692 people
- Pratappur6,702 people
- Daulatpur5,931 people
- Kasbagoas5,766 people
- Molladanga5,463 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?6,880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?63.3% (Census 2011)