# Purushottampur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,417 people in 490 households**, the 19th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,417people (2011)
- 490households
- 87.0%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**24%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****52%**

**36%

Television ****20%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purushottampur?

■ Purushottampur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**943

Working population ****37.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 80.3% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 459 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 85 (9%) · **■** Marginal 335 (37%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Nonakourda2,643 people
- Mallikpur2,514 people
- Srirampur2,442 people
- Chhota Udaypur2,422 people
- Chak Bhabani2,409 people
- Argoal2,377 people
- Phajelpur2,239 people
- Bara Konyarda2,182 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?2,417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?87.0% (Census 2011)