Punga Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Punga is a medium size village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 166 families residing. The Punga village has population of 870 of which 429 are males while 441 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punga village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 18.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punga village is 1028 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Punga as per census is 1038, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Punga village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Punga village was 39.24 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Punga Male literacy stands at 48.15 % while female literacy rate was 30.56 %.

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

Punga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	166	-	-
Population	870	429	441
Child (0-6)	159	78	81
Schedule Caste	605	291	314
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	39.24 %	48.15 %	30.56 %
Total Workers	387	225	162
Main Worker	181	-	-
Marginal Worker	206	69	137

Caste Factor

In Punga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 69.54 % of total population in Punga village. The village Punga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punga village out of total population, 387 were engaged in work activities. 46.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 387 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 85 were Agricultural labourer.