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Punwa Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Punwa is a medium size village located in Shivaji Nagar Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 167 families residing. The Punwa village has population of 797 of which 414 are males while 383 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 26.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punwa village is 925 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Punwa as per census is 910, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Punwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Punwa village was 41.54 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Punwa Male literacy stands at 48.51 % while female literacy rate was 34.04 %.

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

Punwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 167 - -
Population 797 414 383
Child (0-6) 212 111 101
Schedule Caste 156 77 79
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 41.54 % 48.51 % 34.04 %
Total Workers 296 188 108
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 287 181 106

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.57 % of total population in Punwa village. The village Punwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punwa village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 3.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.