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Paunan Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Paunan is a medium size village located in Singur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 491 families residing. The Paunan village has population of 1970 of which 967 are males while 1003 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paunan village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 7.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paunan village is 1037 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paunan as per census is 1181, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Paunan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paunan village was 86.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paunan Male literacy stands at 91.51 % while female literacy rate was 82.46 %.

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

Paunan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 491 - -
Population 1,970 967 1,003
Child (0-6) 157 72 85
Schedule Caste 85 41 44
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 86.93 % 91.51 % 82.46 %
Total Workers 889 649 240
Main Worker 744 - -
Marginal Worker 145 37 108

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.30 % of total population in Paunan village.

Work Profile

In Paunan village out of total population, 889 were engaged in work activities. 83.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 889 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 149 were Agricultural labourer.