Pungaon Population - Jalgaon, Maharashtra

Pungaon is a medium size village located in Chopda Taluka of Jalgaon district, Maharashtra with total 238 families residing. The Pungaon village has population of 1126 of which 574 are males while 552 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pungaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 12.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pungaon village is 962 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Pungaon as per census is 943, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Pungaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Pungaon village was 74.24 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Pungaon Male literacy stands at 83.93 % while female literacy rate was 64.20 %.

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

Pungaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	238	-	-
Population	1,126	574	552
Child (0-6)	136	70	66
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,071	543	528
Literacy	74.24 %	83.93 %	64.20 %
Total Workers	668	347	321
Main Worker	660	-	-
Marginal Worker	8	2	6

Caste Factor

In Pungaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.12 % of total population in Pungaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pungaon village of Jalgaon.

Work Profile

In Pungaon village out of total population, 668 were engaged in work activities. 98.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 668 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 543 were Agricultural labourer.