# Puncha Village, Onda, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Onda, Bankura 

# Puncha

Puncha is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,291 people in 500 households**, the 14th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 2,291people (2011)
- 500households
- 59.4%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puncha

Of every 100 households in Puncha in 2011, 17 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puncha · ■ Onda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**19%

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

**2%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****91%**

**58%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

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 Puncha?

■ Puncha · ■ Onda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**937

Working population ****50.6%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 47.7% for women. 64% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 376 (32%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (15%) · **■** Marginal 466 (40%)

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 Onda

- Dhandakeshabpur2,785 people
- Medinipur2,662 people
- Mankhamar2,661 people
- Chabra2,548 people
- Nikunjapur2,239 people
- Surpa Nagar2,223 people
- Puthia2,163 people
- Dhabani2,129 people

[All 291 villages in Onda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/onda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puncha?2,291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puncha in?Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puncha?59.4% (Census 2011)