Purushottampur
Panskura-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721634
· village code 344317
Population 2011
2,371
Census of India
Population 2020
2,666
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
295 people · 1.3% a year
Households
645
+15.6% vs 558 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,371
Male / female
1,206 / 1,165
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
221
Literacy rate
80.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
112 / 18
Working population
860
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
30.1%
Households
558
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
142
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
15
Non-farm households
630
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
29 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
29 / 1 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purusottampur panchayat, Panskura-I 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
₹37.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.35 lakh
Received directly
₹97,403
Spent
₹62.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.36 lakh · received ₹23.16 lakh · spent ₹23.30 lakh · left ₹13.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.13 lakh · received ₹33.19 lakh · spent ₹38.77 lakh · left ₹19.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 87.7983 —
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