Phunchong Population - Chandel, Manipur

Phunchong is a medium size village located in Machi Sub Division of Chandel district, Manipur with total 74 families residing. The Phunchong village has population of 461 of which 231 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phunchong village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 3.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phunchong village is 996 which is higher than Manipur state average of 985. Child Sex Ratio for the Phunchong as per census is 400, lower than Manipur average of 930.

Phunchong village has lower literacy rate compared to Manipur. In 2011, literacy rate of Phunchong village was 32.66 % compared to 76.94 % of Manipur. In Phunchong Male literacy stands at 38.01 % while female literacy rate was 27.43 %.

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

Phunchong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	74	-	-
Population	461	231	230
Child (0-6)	14	10	4
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	454	228	226
Literacy	32.66 %	38.01 %	27.43 %
Total Workers	337	163	174
Main Worker	276	-	-
Marginal Worker	61	25	36

Caste Factor

In Phunchong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.48 % of total population in Phunchong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Phunchong village of Chandel.

Work Profile

In Phunchong village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 81.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.