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Punji Population - Betul, Madhya Pradesh

Punji is a medium size village located in Ghoda Dongri Tehsil of Betul district, Madhya Pradesh with total 236 families residing. The Punji village has population of 1064 of which 555 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punji village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 15.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punji village is 917 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Punji as per census is 1050, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Punji village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Punji village was 73.22 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Punji Male literacy stands at 81.47 % while female literacy rate was 64.00 %.

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

Punji Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,064 555 509
Child (0-6) 164 80 84
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2 0 2
Literacy 73.22 % 81.47 % 64.00 %
Total Workers 482 327 155
Main Worker 299 - -
Marginal Worker 183 67 116

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.19 % of total population in Punji village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Punji village of Betul.

Work Profile

In Punji village out of total population, 482 were engaged in work activities. 62.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 482 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.