Punchhi Population - Katni, Madhya Pradesh

Punchhi is a medium size village located in Murwara Tehsil of Katni district, Madhya Pradesh with total 210 families residing. The Punchhi village has population of 843 of which 438 are males while 405 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punchhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 16.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punchhi village is 925 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Punchhi as per census is 958, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Punchhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Punchhi village was 62.96 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Punchhi Male literacy stands at 74.86 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Punchhi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	210	-	-
Population	843	438	405
Child (0-6)	141	72	69
Schedule Caste	81	36	45
Schedule Tribe	314	161	153
Literacy	62.96 %	74.86 %	50.00 %
Total Workers	350	228	122
Main Worker	89	-	-
Marginal Worker	261	154	107

Caste Factor

In Punchhi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.61 % of total population in Punchhi village.

Work Profile

In Punchhi village out of total population, 350 were engaged in work activities. 25.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 350 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.