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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Punja

Punja is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **870 people in 203 households**, the 78th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 870people (2011)
- 203households
- 77.4%literacy
- 1,071females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punja

Of every 100 households in Punja in 2011, 17 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punja · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****92%**

**62%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Punja?

■ Punja · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1071**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**963

Working population ****42.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 69.2% for women. 63% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (10%) · **■** Marginal 110 (30%)

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

- Jhinuk Palasia878 people
- Talda876 people
- Alikasha873 people
- Gan Pada870 people
- Birbhadrapur860 people
- Matiberua853 people
- Palasia849 people
- Charda848 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 Punja?870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punja?77.4% (Census 2011)