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Punpo Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Punpo is a large village located in Jaynagar - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 743 families residing. The Punpo village has population of 3457 of which 1802 are males while 1655 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punpo village population of children with age 0-6 is 430 which makes up 12.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punpo village is 918 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punpo as per census is 963, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Punpo village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punpo village was 69.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punpo Male literacy stands at 78.21 % while female literacy rate was 60.53 %.

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

Punpo Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 743 - -
Population 3,457 1,802 1,655
Child (0-6) 430 219 211
Schedule Caste 1,849 971 878
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.77 % 78.21 % 60.53 %
Total Workers 1,121 994 127
Main Worker 945 - -
Marginal Worker 176 123 53

Caste Factor

In Punpo village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.49 % of total population in Punpo village. The village Punpo currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punpo village out of total population, 1121 were engaged in work activities. 84.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1121 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 194 were Agricultural labourer.