# Purushottampur Village, Daspur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,471 people in 295 households**, the 51st largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,471people (2011)
- 295households
- 93.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**38%

Tap water ****2%**

**23%

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

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****72%**

**59%

Television ****24%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purushottampur?

■ Purushottampur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.7%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**972

Working population ****36.4%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.5% for men and 90.8% for women. 61% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (21%) · **■** Household industry 29 (5%) · **■** Other work 257 (48%) · **■** Marginal 32 (6%)

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 Daspur - I

- Kantadarja1,500 people
- Ramdas Pur1,496 people
- Harirajpur1,491 people
- Raikundu1,480 people
- Singaghai1,435 people
- Kharradha Krishnapur1,398 people
- Jhumjhumi1,357 people
- Krishnanagar1,347 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?1,471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?93.7% (Census 2011)