# Purushottampur Village, Deshopran – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **222 people in 48 households**, the 147th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 222people (2011)
- 48households
- 93.7%literacy
- 820females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 79 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**34%

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

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**9%

Tap water ****98%**

**17%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****60%**

**35%

Television ****31%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**30%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 · ■ Deshopran rural average

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

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****820**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**949

Working population ****34.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 88.4% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (5%) · **■** Other work 11 (14%) · **■** Marginal 39 (51%)

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 Deshopran

- Uttar Harshachak292 people
- Chhota Subarnanagar285 people
- Bhabanipur258 people
- Chak Hajratpur246 people
- Bhogpur221 people
- Hirakala206 people
- Tiakola199 people
- Perijpur194 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?222 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?93.7% (Census 2011)