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Punia Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Punia is a medium size village located in Khandaghosh Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 69 families residing. The Punia village has population of 416 of which 217 are males while 199 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punia village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 9.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punia village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punia as per census is 500, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Punia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punia village was 92.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punia Male literacy stands at 97.38 % while female literacy rate was 88.17 %.

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 69 - -
Population 416 217 199
Child (0-6) 39 26 13
Schedule Caste 59 31 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.84 % 97.38 % 88.17 %
Total Workers 185 141 44
Main Worker 140 - -
Marginal Worker 45 22 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.18 % of total population in Punia village. The village Punia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punia village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 75.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.