# Puinala Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Puinala

Puinala is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **878 people in 201 households**, the 85th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 878people (2011)
- 201households
- 69.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puinala

Of every 100 households in Puinala in 2011, 31 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Puinala · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****8%**

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**18%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Puinala?

■ Puinala · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**65.4%

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

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**955

Working population ****27.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 68.6% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (38%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 18 (7%) · **■** Marginal 67 (28%)

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 Kushmundi

- Domnhar919 people
- Arazi Minapara899 people
- Besatipara890 people
- Rampur888 people
- Jotsudam863 people
- Bara Krishnapur862 people
- Sibrampur861 people
- Bhelakuri857 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puinala?878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puinala in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puinala?69.8% (Census 2011)