# Purushottompur Village, Deshopran – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Purushottompur

Purushottompur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **372 people in 83 households**, the 130th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 372people (2011)
- 83households
- 79.5%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottompur

Of every 100 households in Purushottompur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottompur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**9%

Tap water ****4%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****37%**

**35%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purushottompur?

■ Purushottompur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1632**

**949

Working population ****40.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 67.8% for women. 66% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (8%) · **■** Other work 18 (12%) · **■** Marginal 109 (73%)

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

- Manikpur394 people
- Tengarberya386 people
- Dharadharpur385 people
- Baikunthapur382 people
- Purba Sikarpur366 people
- Purba Kushbani362 people
- Dakshin Harsha Chak360 people
- Bhupati Chak348 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottompur?372 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottompur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottompur?79.5% (Census 2011)