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Puinala Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Puinala is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 201 families residing. The Puinala village has population of 878 of which 445 are males while 433 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puinala village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 15.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puinala village is 973 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Puinala as per census is 928, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Puinala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Puinala village was 69.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Puinala Male literacy stands at 71.01 % while female literacy rate was 68.56 %.

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

Puinala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 201 - -
Population 878 445 433
Child (0-6) 133 69 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.80 % 71.01 % 68.56 %
Total Workers 242 212 30
Main Worker 175 - -
Marginal Worker 67 43 24

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Puinala village of Dakshin Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Puinala village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 72.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.