# Punyagram Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Punyagram

Punyagram is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,325 people in 744 households**, the 19th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 3,325people (2011)
- 744households
- 75.6%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punyagram

Of every 100 households in Punyagram in 2011, 54 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Punyagram · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**43%

Tap water ****44%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**74%

Use banking services ****29%**

**39%

Television ****24%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Punyagram?

■ Punyagram · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**973

Working population ****42.7%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 71.1% for women. 64% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 255 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (15%) · **■** Household industry 46 (3%) · **■** Other work 201 (14%) · **■** Marginal 700 (49%)

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 Memari - I

- Bahara3,630 people
- Tatarpur3,545 people
- Chak Nara3,493 people
- Bagila3,459 people
- Debipur3,175 people
- Salda3,121 people
- Keja3,075 people
- Shimla2,974 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punyagram?3,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punyagram in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punyagram?75.6% (Census 2011)