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Maunia Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Maunia is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 98 families residing. The Maunia village has population of 493 of which 252 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 20.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maunia village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maunia as per census is 907, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maunia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maunia village was 53.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maunia Male literacy stands at 73.23 % while female literacy rate was 33.85 %.

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

Maunia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 493 252 241
Child (0-6) 103 54 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 197 107 90
Literacy 53.85 % 73.23 % 33.85 %
Total Workers 292 150 142
Main Worker 201 - -
Marginal Worker 91 9 82

Caste Factor

In Maunia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.96 % of total population in Maunia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maunia village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Maunia village out of total population, 292 were engaged in work activities. 68.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 292 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.