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Puniksa Population - Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

Puniksa is a medium size village located in Jakhania Tehsil of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 136 families residing. The Puniksa village has population of 984 of which 467 are males while 517 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puniksa village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 13.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puniksa village is 1107 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Puniksa as per census is 1159, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Puniksa village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puniksa village was 74.41 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Puniksa Male literacy stands at 87.62 % while female literacy rate was 62.39 %.

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

Puniksa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 984 467 517
Child (0-6) 136 63 73
Schedule Caste 286 125 161
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.41 % 87.62 % 62.39 %
Total Workers 467 233 234
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 337 118 219

Caste Factor

Puniksa village of Ghazipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.07 % of total population in Puniksa village. The village Puniksa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puniksa village out of total population, 467 were engaged in work activities. 27.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 467 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.