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Punia Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Punia is a medium size village located in Goghat - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 173 families residing. The Punia village has population of 789 of which 405 are males while 384 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punia village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 10.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punia village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punia as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Punia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punia village was 71.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punia Male literacy stands at 79.40 % while female literacy rate was 62.97 %.

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

Punia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 173 - -
Population 789 405 384
Child (0-6) 82 41 41
Schedule Caste 95 47 48
Schedule Tribe 84 44 40
Literacy 71.43 % 79.40 % 62.97 %
Total Workers 357 248 109
Main Worker 354 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 10.65 % of total population in Punia village.

Work Profile

In Punia village out of total population, 357 were engaged in work activities. 99.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 357 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.