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{{Distinguish|Purusottampur}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Purusattompur
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Census Town
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.0792|N|88.2634|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 3,665
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code =
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 03454
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Pandua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandua]]
| website = {{URL|hooghly.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Purusattompur''' is a [[census town]] in [[Pandua (community development block)|Pandua]] CD Block in [[Chinsurah subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
| width=300| height=350| zoom=10
| coord={{coord|23|0|45|N|88|20|12|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities and towns in the Chinsurah subdivision (except Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks) in Hooghly district'''<br/>M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, <br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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|mark-coord6={{coord|23|3|10|N|88|15|59|E}} | label-pos6=right|label6=Namajgram| numbered6=CT| mark-title6= [[Namajgram]] (CT)| shape-color6=#A40000
|mark-coord7={{coord|23|11|55|N|88|24|32|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7=Badhagachhi| numbered7=CT| mark-title7= [[Badhagachhi]] (CT)| shape-color7=#A40000
|mark-coord8={{coord|23|11|5|N|88|24|53|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8=Mirdhanga| numbered8=CT| mark-title8= [[Mirdhanga]] (CT)| shape-color8=#A40000
|mark-coord9={{coord|23|7|4|N|88|28|22|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9=Sripur| numbered9=CT| mark-title9= [[Sripur, Hooghly|Sripur]] (CT)| shape-color9=#A40000
|mark-coord10={{coord|23|5|54|N|88|27|42|E}} | label-pos10=right|label10=Jirat| numbered10=CT| mark-title10= [[Jirat]] (CT)| shape-color10=#A40000
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|mark-coord12={{coord|23|1|40|N|88|23|50|E}} | label-pos12=left|label12=Raghunathpur| numbered12=CT| mark-title12= [[Raghunathpur (PS-Magra)]] (CT)| shape-color12=#A40000
|mark-coord13={{coord|23|1|0|N|88|24|0|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13=Madhusudanpur| numbered13=CT| mark-title13= [[Madhusudanpur]] (CT)| shape-color13=#A40000
|mark-coord14={{coord|23|0|45|N|88|22|22|E}} | label-pos14=left|label14=Hansghara| numbered14=CT| mark-title14= [[Hansghara]] (CT)| shape-color14=#A40000
|mark-coord15={{coord|22|59|28|N|88|21|43|E}} | label-pos15=left|label15=Kola| numbered15=CT| mark-title15= [[Kola, Hooghly|Kola]] (CT)| shape-color15=#A40000
|mark-coord16={{coord|22|59|15|N|88|23|34|E}} | label-pos16=right|label16=Amodghata| numbered16=CT| mark-title16= [[Amodghata]] (CT)| shape-color16=#A40000
|mark-coord17={{coord|23|0|0|N|88|22|55|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17=Mogra| numbered17=R| mark-title17= [[Mogra]] (R)| shape-color17=#C42222
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|58|42|N|88|22|14|E}} | label-pos18=left|label18=Alikhoja| numbered18=CT| mark-title18= [[Alikhoja]] (CT)| shape-color18=#A40000
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|57|40|N|88|23|20|E}} | label-pos19=right|label19=Shankhanagar| numbered19=CT| mark-title19= [[Shankhanagar]] (CT)| shape-color19=#A40000
|mark-coord20={{coord|22|58|0|N|88|22|20|E}} | label-pos20=left|label20=Chak Bansberia| numbered20=CT| mark-title20= [[Chak Bansberia]] (CT)| shape-color20=#A40000
|mark-coord21={{coord|22|56|10|N|88|23|3|E}} | label-pos21=right|label21=Keota| numbered21=CT| mark-title21= [[Keota, Hooghly|Keota]] (CT)| shape-color21=#A40000
|mark-coord22={{coord|22|55|21|N|88|22|46|E}} | label-pos22=right|label22=Bandel| numbered22=R| mark-title22= [[Bandel]] (R)| shape-color22=#C42222
|mark-coord23={{coord|22|56|0|N|88|22|0|E}} | label-pos23=left|label23=Manushpur| numbered23=CT| mark-title23= [[Manushpur]] (CT)| shape-color23=#A40000
|mark-coord24={{coord|22|55|12|N|88|21|50|E}} | label-pos24=left|label24=Naldanga| numbered24=CT| mark-title24= [[Naldanga, Hooghly|Naldanga]] (CT)| shape-color24=#A40000
|mark-coord25={{coord|22|54|15|N|88|22|10|E}} | label-pos25=left|label25=Kodalia| numbered25=CT| mark-title25= [[Kodalia]] (CT)| shape-color25=#A40000
|mark-coord26={{coord|22|53|30|N|88|22|10|E}} | label-pos26=left|label26=Kulihanda| numbered26=CT| mark-title26= [[Kulihanda]] (CT)| shape-color26=#A40000
|mark-coord27={{coord|22|52|38|N|88|22|50|E}} | label-pos27=right|label27=Dharmapur| numbered27=CT| mark-title27= [[Dharmapur, West Bengal|Dharmapur]] (CT)| shape-color27=#A40000
|mark-coord28={{coord|22|52|40|N|88|21|30|E}} | label-pos28=left|label28=Simla| numbered28=CT| mark-title28= [[Simla, West Bengal|Simla]] (CT)| shape-color28=#A40000
|mark-coord29={{coord| 23.131844|88.475278}}| label29=Hooghly |labela29=River| label-color29 = #77A1CB| label-angle29=0| label-pos29=top| label-size29=10| mark-size29=0| mark-title29 =none
|mark-coord30={{coord|23|7|20|N|88|27|27|E}} | label-pos30=left|label30=Guptipara| numbered30=R| mark-title30= [[Guptipara]] (R)| shape-color30=#C42222}}

===Location===
Purusattompur is located at {{coord|23.0792|N|88.2634|E|}}.<ref name=censushandbook>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf | title= Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Hugli |work = Map of Pandua CD Block, page 385| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 25 September 2018}}</ref>

[[Pandua, Hooghly|Pandua]], Purusattompur and [[Namajgram]] form a cluster of census towns.<ref name=censushandbook/>

Pandua CD Block is a flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] plain, known as the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, that forms part of the [[Ganges Delta|Gangetic Delta]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 28 September 2018}}</ref>

===Urbanisation===
There are 13 statutory towns and 64 census towns in Hooghly district. The right bank of the [[Hooghly River]] has been industrialised over a long period. With foreigners dominating the area’s industry, trade and commerce for over two centuries, it is amongst the leading industrialised districts in the state. At the same time the land is fertile and agricultural production is significant.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physical features: pages 20, 24 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 27 September 2018 }}</ref>

In Chinsurah subdivision 68.63% of the population is rural and the urban population is 31.37%. It has 2 statutory and 23 census towns.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4(a) |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 27 September 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref> In Chinsurah Mogra CD Block 64.87% of the population is urban and 35.13% is rural. Amongst the four remaining CD Blocks in the subdivision two were overwhelmingly rural and two were wholly rural.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 27 September 2018}}</ref>

The map alongside shows a portion of Chinsurah subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Purusattompur had a total population of 3,665 of which 1,855 (51%) were males and 1,810 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 466. The total number of literates in Purusattompur was 2,336 (73.02% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hooghly District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Hooghly district]]

Purusattompur - Revision history

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