Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur
# Dakshin Purushottampur

Dakshin Purushottampur is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,394 people in 476 households, the 19th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.
- 2,394 people (2011)
- 476 households
- 78.2% literacy
- 908 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Purushottampur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Purushottampur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Purushottampur · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 12% 46%
- Toilet within the home 84% 91%
- No toilet (open defecation) 15% 8%
- Tap water 0% 18%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 36% 45%
- Television 4% 20%
- Mobile phone 34% 51%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 32% 23%
- Own their home 90% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dakshin Purushottampur?

■ Dakshin Purushottampur · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.2% 89.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 908 942
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 788 981
- Working population 38.6% 36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 72.3% for women. 55% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 307 (33%) · ■ Farm labourers 71 (8%) · ■ Household industry 9 (1%) · ■ Other work 157 (17%) · ■ Marginal 381 (41%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ramnagar - II
- Danda Belbani 2,705 people
- Narkuli 2,597 people
- Bheri Baranga 2,496 people
- Narandia 2,404 people
- Deuli 2,357 people
- Rania 2,313 people
- Baranga 2,212 people
- Talkatalia 2,211 people

All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dakshin Purushottampur? 2,394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Purushottampur in? Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Purushottampur? 78.2% (Census 2011)

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