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Punaje Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Punaje is a medium size village located in Hosanagara Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 245 families residing. The Punaje village has population of 1180 of which 598 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punaje village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 8.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punaje village is 973 which is equal than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Punaje as per census is 961, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Punaje village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Punaje village was 70.74 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Punaje Male literacy stands at 77.33 % while female literacy rate was 63.98 %.

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

Punaje Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 1,180 598 582
Child (0-6) 100 51 49
Schedule Caste 153 75 78
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.74 % 77.33 % 63.98 %
Total Workers 416 391 25
Main Worker 403 - -
Marginal Worker 13 9 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.97 % of total population in Punaje village. The village Punaje currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punaje village out of total population, 416 were engaged in work activities. 96.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 416 workers engaged in Main Work, 197 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.