# Purushottampur Village, Nanda Kumar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **767 people in 181 households**, the 95th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 767people (2011)
- 181households
- 94.4%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 72 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**80%

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

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****41%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.4%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**940

Working population ****41.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 90.8% for women. 66% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (8%) · **■** Marginal 237 (75%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Kumarpur845 people
- Mallick Chak812 people
- Ghatual794 people
- Panch Berya768 people
- Bidyadharpur655 people
- Chak Simultala623 people
- Darichak618 people
- Bhabani Chak601 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?767 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?94.4% (Census 2011)