# Punda Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Punda

Punda is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,310 people in 221 households**, the 103rd largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,310people (2011)
- 221households
- 72.4%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punda

Of every 100 households in Punda in 2011, 46 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punda · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****96%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**85%

Use banking services ****88%**

**83%

Television ****35%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Punda?

■ Punda · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**902

Working population ****44.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 56.8% for women. 48% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (4%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 61 (11%) · **■** Marginal 453 (78%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Tandwa Kala1,337 people
- Tiwran1,331 people
- Lonia1,325 people
- Baraipar Tetaria1,311 people
- Kuchdehari1,309 people
- Jarlahi1,306 people
- Darghat1,303 people
- Bahilpar1,297 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punda?1,310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punda in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Punda?72.4% (Census 2011)