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About Purushottampur Village

Purushottampur is a small village in Barjora tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 114 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purushottampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purushottampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Barjora
Pincode 722207
Area (hectares) 116.34 hectares
Population 229
Male Population 114
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purushottampur compares

By the 2011 count Purushottampur is the 148th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 976 residents. Its 116.34 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Purushottampur

The census records public bus service for Purushottampur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Phulberya, Pingrui, Pratappur and Purakonda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Purushottampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purushottampur village had a population of 229. That makes it the 148th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 976 residents.

Purushottampur village has 114 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purushottampur has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Purushottampur is 722207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purushottampur covers 116.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purushottampur falls under Barjora tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Purushottampur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purushottampur.

Purushottampur is in Barjora tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Purushottampur today is likely to be higher.

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