Purusottampur
Dantan-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721435
· village code 343922
Population 2011
265
Census of India
Population 2020
303
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.3%
38 people · 1.5% a year
Households
60
+17.6% vs 51 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
265
Male / female
127 / 138
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,087
Children aged 0–6
39
Literacy rate
72.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 19
Working population
73
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.1%
Households
51
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
13 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
13 / 8 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jenkapur panchayat, Dantan-Ii zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹40.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.54 lakh
Received directly
₹37,509
Spent
₹83.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.69 lakh · received ₹28.17 lakh · spent ₹34.69 lakh · left ₹12.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.75 lakh · received ₹40.37 lakh · spent ₹48.37 lakh · left ₹13.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8872, 87.3238 —
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