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Puntair Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Puntair is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 168 families residing. The Puntair village has population of 647 of which 328 are males while 319 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puntair village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 11.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puntair village is 973 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Puntair as per census is 825, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Puntair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Puntair village was 68.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Puntair Male literacy stands at 71.53 % while female literacy rate was 64.69 %.

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

Puntair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 647 328 319
Child (0-6) 73 40 33
Schedule Caste 15 7 8
Schedule Tribe 98 50 48
Literacy 68.12 % 71.53 % 64.69 %
Total Workers 201 192 9
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.15 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.32 % of total population in Puntair village.

Work Profile

In Puntair village out of total population, 201 were engaged in work activities. 99.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 201 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 181 were Agricultural labourer.