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Punwa Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Punwa is a small village located in Shivaji Nagar Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 24 families residing. The Punwa village has population of 103 of which 52 are males while 51 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 14.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punwa village is 981 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Punwa as per census is 1500, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Punwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Punwa village was 48.86 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Punwa Male literacy stands at 60.87 % while female literacy rate was 35.71 %.

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 24 - -
Population 103 52 51
Child (0-6) 15 6 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 48.86 % 60.87 % 35.71 %
Total Workers 49 28 21
Main Worker 27 - -
Marginal Worker 22 2 20

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Punwa village of Samastipur district.

Work Profile

In Punwa village out of total population, 49 were engaged in work activities. 55.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 49 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.