# Punia Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Punia

Punia is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,644 people in 400 households**, the 61st largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,644people (2011)
- 400households
- 70.6%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punia

Of every 100 households in Punia in 2011, 38 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punia · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****25%**

**27%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**53%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Punia?

■ Punia · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**960

Working population ****33.0%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 63.4% for women. 63% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (36%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 70 (13%) · **■** Marginal 123 (23%)

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 Khargram

- Kharsa1,746 people
- Jahangirpur1,684 people
- Sanigram1,677 people
- Gaharia1,670 people
- Pathai1,619 people
- Mandalsar1,580 people
- Augram1,572 people
- Basantapur1,550 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punia?1,644 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punia in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punia?70.6% (Census 2011)