# Puntair Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Puntair

Puntair is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **647 people in 168 households**, the 100th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 647people (2011)
- 168households
- 68.1%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puntair

Of every 100 households in Puntair in 2011, 0 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puntair · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****2%**

**25%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****77%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Puntair?

■ Puntair · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**951

Working population ****31.1%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 64.7% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (90%) · **■** Other work 8 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Kumarganj

- Dharmmapur679 people
- Chandpur669 people
- Haripur665 people
- Mohipur663 people
- Madhya Ramkrishnapur640 people
- Doraha637 people
- Udail632 people
- Damodarpur630 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puntair?647 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puntair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puntair?68.1% (Census 2011)