# Punura Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Punura

Punura is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,968 people in 393 households**, the 21st largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,968people (2011)
- 393households
- 65.4%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punura

Of every 100 households in Punura in 2011, 13 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Punura · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Punura?

■ Punura · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**969

Working population ****54.0%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 48.9% for women. 56% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 187 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (10%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 91 (9%) · **■** Marginal 664 (63%)

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 Puncha

- Chhirudi2,243 people
- Panipathar2,118 people
- Konapara1,990 people
- Gopalpur1,977 people
- Dhadki1,944 people
- Palma1,925 people
- Laharia1,883 people
- Panrui1,855 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punura?1,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punura in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punura?65.4% (Census 2011)