# Purushottampur Village, Ramnagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,715 people in 544 households**, the 11th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 2,715people (2011)
- 544households
- 85.9%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Purushottampur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purushottampur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**9%

Tap water ****20%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**12%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****40%**

**51%

Television ****10%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**929

Working population ****41.0%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 77.4% for women. 63% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 261 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 276 (25%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 86 (8%) · **■** Marginal 481 (43%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Bagpura3,270 people
- Kainara2,875 people
- Santeshwarpur2,857 people
- Purba Mukundapur2,766 people
- Gobra2,661 people
- Santra2,612 people
- Dihibir Kul2,430 people
- Juki2,410 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purushottampur?2,715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purushottampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purushottampur?85.9% (Census 2011)