Paschim Purushottampur
Deshapran block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721442
· village code 346320
Population 2011
1,682
Census of India
Population 2020
1,905
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.3%
223 people · 1.4% a year
Households
373
+8.4% vs 344 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,682
Male / female
846 / 836
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
226
Literacy rate
71.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
594
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.0%
Households
344
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
56
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 10 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chalti panchayat, Deshapran 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
₹37.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.56 lakh
Received directly
₹60,496
Spent
₹74.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.68 lakh · received ₹29.82 lakh · spent ₹26.12 lakh · left ₹15.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.87 lakh · received ₹42.74 lakh · spent ₹47.96 lakh · left ₹20.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7824, 87.8039 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
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staffing across Medinipur East ·
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