# Punya Village, Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Punya

Punya is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,583 people in 629 households**, the 27th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,583people (2011)
- 629households
- 78.0%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punya

Of every 100 households in Punya in 2011, 41 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punya · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**49%

Tap water ****23%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**91%

Use banking services ****43%**

**37%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**37%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Punya?

■ Punya · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**965

Working population ****37.7%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 71.9% for women. 60% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (22%) · **■** Household industry 38 (4%) · **■** Other work 485 (50%) · **■** Marginal 186 (19%)

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 Falta

- Gobindapur2,730 people
- Rukhia2,680 people
- Ponkamra2,664 people
- Ghanasyampur2,651 people
- Dostapur2,538 people
- Nityanandapur2,529 people
- Hangarghata Harishpur2,505 people
- Kantalfuli2,429 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punya?2,583 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punya in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punya?78.0% (Census 2011)