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Puna Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Puna is a large village located in Hilsa Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 551 families residing. The Puna village has population of 3068 of which 1546 are males while 1522 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puna village population of children with age 0-6 is 641 which makes up 20.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puna village is 984 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Puna as per census is 874, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Puna village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Puna village was 63.08 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Puna Male literacy stands at 79.07 % while female literacy rate was 47.34 %.

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

Puna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 551 - -
Population 3,068 1,546 1,522
Child (0-6) 641 342 299
Schedule Caste 280 140 140
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.08 % 79.07 % 47.34 %
Total Workers 1,020 678 342
Main Worker 734 - -
Marginal Worker 286 109 177

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.13 % of total population in Puna village. The village Puna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puna village out of total population, 1020 were engaged in work activities. 71.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1020 workers engaged in Main Work, 262 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 350 were Agricultural labourer.