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Pundahit Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Pundahit is a medium size village located in Goghat - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 290 families residing. The Pundahit village has population of 1317 of which 676 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pundahit village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 9.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pundahit village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pundahit as per census is 896, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Pundahit village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pundahit village was 79.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pundahit Male literacy stands at 87.85 % while female literacy rate was 70.74 %.

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

Pundahit Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,317 676 641
Child (0-6) 127 67 60
Schedule Caste 357 182 175
Schedule Tribe 453 249 204
Literacy 79.50 % 87.85 % 70.74 %
Total Workers 507 374 133
Main Worker 484 - -
Marginal Worker 23 20 3

Caste Factor

In Pundahit village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 34.40 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.11 % of total population in Pundahit village.

Work Profile

In Pundahit village out of total population, 507 were engaged in work activities. 95.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 507 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 385 were Agricultural labourer.