# Purusottampur Village, Narayangarh – Population & Literacy

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Purusottampur

Purusottampur is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **683 people in 155 households**, the 135th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 683people (2011)
- 155households
- 81.2%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purusottampur

Of every 100 households in Purusottampur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purusottampur · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**56%

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

**44%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**61%

Television ****17%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purusottampur?

■ Purusottampur · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**942

Working population ****36.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 72.8% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (30%) · **■** Household industry 10 (4%) · **■** Other work 67 (27%) · **■** Marginal 72 (29%)

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 Narayangarh

- Krishnapur698 people
- Belti693 people
- Mandar692 people
- Ahira686 people
- Taladiha678 people
- Barbalia669 people
- Chirkunya667 people
- Ramnagar662 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purusottampur?683 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purusottampur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purusottampur?81.2% (Census 2011)