About Purushottampur Village

Purushottampur is a small village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 59 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.83 hectares hectares.

Purushottampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purushottampur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai I
Area (hectares)	19.83 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	59
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purushottampur compares

By the 2011 count Purushottampur is the 208th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 19.83 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Purushottampur

Purushottampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purushottampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Payradwip, Pota Pokhuria Anantarautba, Potapukhuria and Puan Bali Bar. 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.

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Common questions about Purushottampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purushottampur village had a population of 111. That makes it the 208th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Purushottampur village has 59 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purushottampur has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Purushottampur covers 19.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purushottampur falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Purushottampur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purushottampur.

Purushottampur is in Contai I tehsil of Purba 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.