Punsa Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Punsa is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 134 families residing. The Punsa village has population of 717 of which 368 are males while 349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 17.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punsa village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punsa as per census is 1250, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Punsa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punsa village was 45.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punsa Male literacy stands at 55.77 % while female literacy rate was 34.05 %.

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

Punsa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	134	-	-
Population	717	368	349
Child (0-6)	126	56	70
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	715	366	349
Literacy	45.52 %	55.77 %	34.05 %
Total Workers	385	202	183
Main Worker	136	-	-
Marginal Worker	249	128	121

Caste Factor

In Punsa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.72 % of total population in Punsa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Punsa village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Punsa village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 35.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.