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Punaul Population - Nawada, Bihar

Punaul is a large village located in Narhat Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 781 families residing. The Punaul village has population of 4461 of which 2250 are males while 2211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punaul village population of children with age 0-6 is 776 which makes up 17.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punaul village is 983 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Punaul as per census is 1109, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Punaul village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Punaul village was 53.38 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Punaul Male literacy stands at 70.72 % while female literacy rate was 35.27 %.

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

Punaul Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 781 - -
Population 4,461 2,250 2,211
Child (0-6) 776 368 408
Schedule Caste 743 364 379
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.38 % 70.72 % 35.27 %
Total Workers 2,517 1,279 1,238
Main Worker 1,474 - -
Marginal Worker 1,043 313 730

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.66 % of total population in Punaul village. The village Punaul currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punaul village out of total population, 2517 were engaged in work activities. 58.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2517 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1178 were Agricultural labourer.