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Punasia Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Punasia is a medium size village located in Bangiriposi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 56 families residing. The Punasia village has population of 230 of which 108 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punasia village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 16.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punasia village is 1130 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Punasia as per census is 850, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Punasia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Punasia village was 70.98 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Punasia Male literacy stands at 90.91 % while female literacy rate was 54.29 %.

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

Punasia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 230 108 122
Child (0-6) 37 20 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 216 104 112
Literacy 70.98 % 90.91 % 54.29 %
Total Workers 131 68 63
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 102 44 58

Caste Factor

In Punasia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.91 % of total population in Punasia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Punasia village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Punasia village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 22.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.