# Punshya, Ranibundh, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ranibundh, Bankura 

# Punshya

Punshya is a village in [Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **999 people in 236 households**, the 35th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 999people (2011)
- 236households
- 65.8%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punshya

Of every 100 households in Punshya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Punshya · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****48%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Punshya?

■ Punshya · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****866**

**951

Working population ****63.2%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 54.9% for women. 65% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 485 (77%)

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 Ranibundh

- Malcharar1,054 people
- Tila Bani1,046 people
- Narkoli1,035 people
- Singlahar1,006 people
- Barikul988 people
- Khejur Khanma988 people
- Mitha-Am986 people
- Baragram967 people

[All 186 villages in Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punshya?999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punshya in?Bankura district (Ranibundh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punshya?65.8% (Census 2011)