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Punshur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Punshur is a medium size village located in Khandaghosh Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 227 families residing. The Punshur village has population of 1056 of which 547 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punshur village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 7.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punshur village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punshur as per census is 804, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Punshur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punshur village was 84.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punshur Male literacy stands at 90.22 % while female literacy rate was 78.39 %.

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

Punshur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 227 - -
Population 1,056 547 509
Child (0-6) 83 46 37
Schedule Caste 540 283 257
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.48 % 90.22 % 78.39 %
Total Workers 405 334 71
Main Worker 360 - -
Marginal Worker 45 33 12

Caste Factor

In Punshur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.14 % of total population in Punshur village. The village Punshur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punshur village out of total population, 405 were engaged in work activities. 88.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 405 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 163 were Agricultural labourer.