# Punia Village, Tamulpur, Baksa (Assam) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Tamulpur, Baksa 

# Punia

Punia is a village in Tamulpur sub-district of Baksa district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **936 people in 199 households**, the 100th largest of 183 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 936people (2011)
- 199households
- 68.7%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Punia PIN code and other codes

Punia falls in Tamulpur sub-district, Baksa district, Assam.

- Community development blockTamulpur
- Census village code304690

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Punia from nearby towns?

- Guwahati (sub-district HQ)70 km by road
- Mushalpur (district HQ)50 km by road
- Rangia (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Punia?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Punia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tamulpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Tamulpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nalbari
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 9 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Punia known for?

The main crops are **paddy and wheat**. About 53% of the 215 hectares of village land is sown, and 115 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Punia

Of every 100 households in Punia in 2011, 1 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punia · ■ Tamulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**63%

Tap water ****6%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****54%**

**26%

Television ****17%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Punia?

■ Punia · ■ Tamulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**988

Working population ****53.3%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 59.3% for women. 62% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 254 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (13%) · **■** Household industry 45 (9%) · **■** Other work 28 (6%) · **■** Marginal 107 (21%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Tamulpur

- Barkhata956 people
- Sidhinathpur951 people
- Kumarpara948 people
- Palokata937 people
- Sapkata920 people
- Chandra Nagar916 people
- Ekrabil911 people
- Ghogmari911 people

[All 183 villages in Tamulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/baksa/tamulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Punia from Mushalpur?50 km by road
- What is the population of Punia?936 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punia in?Baksa district (Tamulpur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Punia?68.7% (Census 2011)