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Punakh Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Punakh is a medium size village located in Goradih Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 371 families residing. The Punakh village has population of 1730 of which 944 are males while 786 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punakh village population of children with age 0-6 is 353 which makes up 20.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punakh village is 833 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Punakh as per census is 792, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Punakh village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Punakh village was 48.44 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Punakh Male literacy stands at 59.04 % while female literacy rate was 35.87 %.

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

Punakh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 371 - -
Population 1,730 944 786
Child (0-6) 353 197 156
Schedule Caste 143 69 74
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 48.44 % 59.04 % 35.87 %
Total Workers 707 453 254
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 644 415 229

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.27 % of total population in Punakh village. The village Punakh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punakh village out of total population, 707 were engaged in work activities. 8.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 707 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.