# Pundra Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pundra

Pundra is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,385 people in 312 households**, the 32nd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,385people (2011)
- 312households
- 76.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pundra

Of every 100 households in Pundra in 2011, 27 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pundra · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****100%**

**62%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pundra?

■ Pundra · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1569**

**963

Working population ****39.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 65.1% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 324 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (12%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 133 (24%)

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 Dantan - I

- Anikola1,579 people
- Solpota1,578 people
- Krishnapur1,541 people
- Uchadiha1,428 people
- Jaypur1,347 people
- Sastanagar1,344 people
- Dakshin Amria1,340 people
- Mirjapur1,336 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pundra?1,385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pundra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pundra?76.4% (Census 2011)