# Pundahit Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Pundahit

Pundahit is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,317 people in 290 households**, the 44th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,317people (2011)
- 290households
- 79.5%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pundahit

Of every 100 households in Pundahit in 2011, 17 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pundahit · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**36%

Tap water ****43%**

**18%

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

**24%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****57%**

**40%

Television ****17%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pundahit?

■ Pundahit · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**922

Working population ****38.5%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 70.7% for women. 55% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 385 (76%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 23 (5%)

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 Goghat - II

- Pukhuria1,446 people
- Tilari1,444 people
- Satberia1,378 people
- Datpur1,332 people
- Senai1,195 people
- Shalikona1,194 people
- Kotai1,185 people
- Chandpur1,177 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pundahit?1,317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pundahit in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pundahit?79.5% (Census 2011)