# Purrusottampur Village, Sagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purrusottampur

Purrusottampur is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,753 people in 1,467 households**, the 9th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 6,753people (2011)
- 1,467households
- 86.7%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purrusottampur

Of every 100 households in Purrusottampur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 15 a car.

■ Purrusottampur · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**87%

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

**13%

Tap water ****39%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**30%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****15%**

**4%

None of these assets ****16%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Purrusottampur?

■ Purrusottampur · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**964

Working population ****39.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 80.1% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 309 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 371 (14%) · **■** Household industry 44 (2%) · **■** Other work 612 (23%) · **■** Marginal 1,317 (50%)

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 Sagar

- Kachubaria7,727 people
- Khas Ramkarerchhar7,556 people
- Rudranagar7,132 people
- Dhablat6,778 people
- Sapkhali6,738 people
- Kamalpur6,602 people
- Chemagari6,564 people
- Bishnupur6,349 people

[All 47 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purrusottampur?6,753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purrusottampur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purrusottampur?86.7% (Census 2011)