# Purusottampur Village, Chandipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Purusottampur

Purusottampur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,286 people in 252 households**, the 46th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,286people (2011)
- 252households
- 82.0%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purusottampur

Of every 100 households in Purusottampur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purusottampur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****45%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purusottampur?

■ Purusottampur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**925

Working population ****31.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 75.5% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 31 (8%) · **■** Marginal 366 (92%)

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 Chandipur

- Dihi Kashimpur1,461 people
- Rampur1,383 people
- Mangalkhali Shiba Misra Chak1,336 people
- Usmanpur1,322 people
- Korkhali1,282 people
- Chintamanipur1,272 people
- Hinchi1,241 people
- Kayal Chak1,240 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purusottampur?1,286 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purusottampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purusottampur?82.0% (Census 2011)