Dakshin Purushottampur
Ramnagar-Ii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721455
· village code 347133
Population 2011
2,394
Census of India
Population 2020
3,236
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.2%
842 people · 3.4% a year
Households
712
+49.6% vs 476 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,394
Male / female
1,255 / 1,139
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
908
Children aged 0–6
320
Literacy rate
67.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
498 / 1
Working population
925
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.2%
Households
476
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
46
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
670
Non-farm households
42
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
185 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 185 / 45
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalindi panchayat, Ramnagar-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
₹55.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹91.62 lakh
Received directly
₹90,549
Spent
₹94.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹53.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.12 lakh · received ₹37.65 lakh · spent ₹38.71 lakh · left ₹20.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.43 lakh · received ₹53.97 lakh · spent ₹56.03 lakh · left ₹32.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.6757, 87.5996 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal