# Purushottampur Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **274 people in 63 households**, the 331st largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 274people (2011)
- 63households
- 76.0%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**50%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**988

Working population ****44.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 66.7% for women. 62% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (61%) · **■** Other work 21 (17%) · **■** Marginal 8 (7%)

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 Debra

- Narayan Bati285 people
- Haladharbar284 people
- Kalapunja278 people
- Ashutia276 people
- Bhupatipur273 people
- Chak Beochia272 people
- Chak Urdhab270 people
- Chak Balaram269 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?76.0% (Census 2011)