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Punja Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Punja is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 62 families residing. The Punja village has population of 277 of which 139 are males while 138 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punja village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 7.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punja village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Punja as per census is 1200, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Punja village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Punja village was 85.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Punja Male literacy stands at 94.57 % while female literacy rate was 75.40 %.

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

Punja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 277 139 138
Child (0-6) 22 10 12
Schedule Caste 8 5 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.10 % 94.57 % 75.40 %
Total Workers 121 87 34
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 30 3 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.89 % of total population in Punja village. The village Punja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punja village out of total population, 121 were engaged in work activities. 75.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 121 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.