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Punha Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Punha is a large village located in Rahui Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 484 families residing. The Punha village has population of 2839 of which 1468 are males while 1371 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punha village population of children with age 0-6 is 603 which makes up 21.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punha village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Punha as per census is 789, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Punha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Punha village was 56.48 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Punha Male literacy stands at 68.17 % while female literacy rate was 44.52 %.

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

Punha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 484 - -
Population 2,839 1,468 1,371
Child (0-6) 603 337 266
Schedule Caste 865 444 421
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.48 % 68.17 % 44.52 %
Total Workers 763 663 100
Main Worker 747 - -
Marginal Worker 16 8 8

Caste Factor

Punha village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.47 % of total population in Punha village. The village Punha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punha village out of total population, 763 were engaged in work activities. 97.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 763 workers engaged in Main Work, 318 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 342 were Agricultural labourer.