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Poonian Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Poonian is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 206 families residing. The Poonian village has population of 942 of which 492 are males while 450 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poonian village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 11.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poonian village is 915 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Poonian as per census is 836, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Poonian village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Poonian village was 75.30 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Poonian Male literacy stands at 81.90 % while female literacy rate was 68.17 %.

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

Poonian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 206 - -
Population 942 492 450
Child (0-6) 112 61 51
Schedule Caste 162 81 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.30 % 81.90 % 68.17 %
Total Workers 314 278 36
Main Worker 281 - -
Marginal Worker 33 29 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.20 % of total population in Poonian village. The village Poonian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poonian village out of total population, 314 were engaged in work activities. 89.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 314 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.