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About Purushottampur Village

Purushottampur is a small village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 39 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721513, 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 Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jhargram
Pincode 721513
Area (hectares) 22.83 hectares
Population 84
Male Population 39
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
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 365th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 22.83 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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 Pratappur, Pukharia, Pukurkona and Purbasol. 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 84. That makes it the 365th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Purushottampur village has 39 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purushottampur has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Purushottampur is 721513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purushottampur covers 22.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purushottampur falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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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