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Punchadi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Punchadi is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 225 families residing. The Punchadi village has population of 1163 of which 601 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punchadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 12.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punchadi village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punchadi as per census is 1197, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Punchadi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punchadi village was 72.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punchadi Male literacy stands at 85.05 % while female literacy rate was 58.80 %.

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

Punchadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,163 601 562
Child (0-6) 145 66 79
Schedule Caste 387 203 184
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.59 % 85.05 % 58.80 %
Total Workers 628 341 287
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 327 62 265

Caste Factor

Punchadi village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.28 % of total population in Punchadi village. The village Punchadi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punchadi village out of total population, 628 were engaged in work activities. 47.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 628 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.