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Punia Population - Darrang, Assam

Punia is a medium size village located in Mangaldoi Circle of Darrang district, Assam with total 59 families residing. The Punia village has population of 258 of which 136 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punia village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 12.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punia village is 897 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Punia as per census is 778, lower than Assam average of 962.

Punia village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Punia village was 73.01 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Punia Male literacy stands at 79.66 % while female literacy rate was 65.74 %.

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

Punia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 59 - -
Population 258 136 122
Child (0-6) 32 18 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 238 124 114
Literacy 73.01 % 79.66 % 65.74 %
Total Workers 84 79 5
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 12 10 2

Caste Factor

In Punia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.25 % of total population in Punia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Punia village of Darrang.

Work Profile

In Punia village out of total population, 84 were engaged in work activities. 85.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 84 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.