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Punthar Population - Nawada, Bihar

Punthar is a medium size village located in Narhat Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 237 families residing. The Punthar village has population of 1747 of which 922 are males while 825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punthar village population of children with age 0-6 is 357 which makes up 20.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punthar village is 895 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Punthar as per census is 859, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Punthar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Punthar village was 60.14 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Punthar Male literacy stands at 78.36 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Punthar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,747 922 825
Child (0-6) 357 192 165
Schedule Caste 507 268 239
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.14 % 78.36 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 350 315 35
Main Worker 305 - -
Marginal Worker 45 23 22

Caste Factor

Punthar village of Nawada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.02 % of total population in Punthar village. The village Punthar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punthar village out of total population, 350 were engaged in work activities. 87.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 350 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.