# Puniksa Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Puniksa

Puniksa is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **984 people in 136 households**, the 191st largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 984people (2011)
- 136households
- 74.4%literacy
- 1,107females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puniksa

Of every 100 households in Puniksa in 2011, 5 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puniksa · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****34%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**83%

Television ****1%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Puniksa?

■ Puniksa · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1107**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1159**

**912

Working population ****47.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 62.4% for women. 50% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (22%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (4%) · **■** Marginal 337 (72%)

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 Jakhania

- Dilaval Patti1,020 people
- Kaithwali1,011 people
- Khojapur999 people
- Chhatma997 people
- Baraj981 people
- Dilla979 people
- Kishun Pur973 people
- Bankatta970 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puniksa?984 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puniksa in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puniksa?74.4% (Census 2011)