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Punat Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Punat is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 64 families residing. The Punat village has population of 256 of which 134 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punat village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 10.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punat village is 910 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punat as per census is 647, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Punat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punat village was 60.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punat Male literacy stands at 70.94 % while female literacy rate was 49.55 %.

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

Punat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 256 134 122
Child (0-6) 28 17 11
Schedule Caste 246 127 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.53 % 70.94 % 49.55 %
Total Workers 109 80 29
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 27 6 21

Caste Factor

In Punat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 96.09 % of total population in Punat village. The village Punat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punat village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 75.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.