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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Punat

Punat is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **256 people in 64 households**, the 206th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 256people (2011)
- 64households
- 60.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punat

Of every 100 households in Punat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Punat · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****37%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**24%

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 Punat?

■ Punat · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****647**

**955

Working population ****42.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 49.5% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (62%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 27 (25%)

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

- Lakshmantara271 people
- Chapapara270 people
- Nij Raghunathpur263 people
- Bighor259 people
- Barail254 people
- Paschim Para248 people
- Gangajit246 people
- Buripukur235 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punat?256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punat?60.5% (Census 2011)