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Puna Kalan Population - Gaya, Bihar

Puna Kalan is a large village located in Paraiya Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 572 families residing. The Puna Kalan village has population of 3370 of which 1731 are males while 1639 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puna Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 666 which makes up 19.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puna Kalan village is 947 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Puna Kalan as per census is 855, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Puna Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Puna Kalan village was 55.47 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Puna Kalan Male literacy stands at 67.13 % while female literacy rate was 43.47 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Puna Kalan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Puna Kalan village.

Puna Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 572 - -
Population 3,370 1,731 1,639
Child (0-6) 666 359 307
Schedule Caste 1,436 742 694
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.47 % 67.13 % 43.47 %
Total Workers 1,219 830 389
Main Worker 920 - -
Marginal Worker 299 83 216

Caste Factor

In Puna Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.61 % of total population in Puna Kalan village. The village Puna Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puna Kalan village out of total population, 1219 were engaged in work activities. 75.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1219 workers engaged in Main Work, 450 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 189 were Agricultural labourer.