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Punawan Population - Gaya, Bihar

Punawan is a large village located in Wazirganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 1075 families residing. The Punawan village has population of 6334 of which 3221 are males while 3113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 1011 which makes up 15.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punawan village is 966 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Punawan as per census is 897, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Punawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Punawan village was 64.64 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Punawan Male literacy stands at 72.69 % while female literacy rate was 56.43 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Punawan 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 Punawan village.

Punawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,075 - -
Population 6,334 3,221 3,113
Child (0-6) 1,011 533 478
Schedule Caste 1,965 993 972
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.64 % 72.69 % 56.43 %
Total Workers 2,260 1,576 684
Main Worker 1,286 - -
Marginal Worker 974 533 441

Caste Factor

Punawan village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.02 % of total population in Punawan village. The village Punawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punawan village out of total population, 2260 were engaged in work activities. 56.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2260 workers engaged in Main Work, 447 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 410 were Agricultural labourer.