# Puinjali Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Puinjali

Puinjali is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,455 people in 1,323 households**, the 16th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 5,455people (2011)
- 1,323households
- 78.7%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puinjali

Of every 100 households in Puinjali in 2011, 1 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puinjali · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**35%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****71%**

**51%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Puinjali?

■ Puinjali · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**981

Working population ****50.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 69.3% for women. 63% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 202 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,111 (41%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 162 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,243 (45%)

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 Gosaba

- Bally6,234 people
- Kalidaspur5,724 people
- Amtali5,660 people
- Chandipur5,456 people
- Gosaba5,369 people
- Birajnagar5,328 people
- Kachu Khali5,176 people
- Dayapur4,972 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puinjali?5,455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puinjali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puinjali?78.7% (Census 2011)