Purushottamnagar

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| subdivision_name2 = Nandurbar

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Purushottamnagar is a census town in Nandurbar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Demographics

{{As of|2001}} India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Purushottamnagar had a population of 3594. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Purushottamnagar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 71%. In Purushottamnagar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Among minority languages, Gujrati/Gujar is spoken by 36.39% of the population, Bhili by 15.97%, and Khandeshi by 22.37%.{{cite web|title=51st REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM51stReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=Ministry of Minority Affairs|date=15 July 2015|accessdate=15 February 2018|page=145|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025959/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM51stReport.pdf|archivedate=16 February 2018}}

References

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Category:Cities and towns in Nandurbar district

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