Paunan Population, Caste, Working Data Hugli, West Bengal - Census 2011

Paunan is a village situated in Singur block of Hugli district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 491 families residing in the village Paunan. The total population of Paunan is 1,970 out of which 967 are males and 1,003 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Paunan is 1,037.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Paunan village is 157 which is 8% of the total population. There are 72 male children and 85 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Paunan is 1,181 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (1,037) of Paunan village.

Population
1,970
Families
491
Literacy
86.93%
Sex Ratio
1,037

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Paunan is 86.9%. Thus Paunan village has higher literacy rate compared to 73.9% of Hugli district. The male literacy rate is 91.51% and the female literacy rate is 82.46% in Paunan village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Paunan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Paunan Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Paunan village.

Total Male Female
Children 157 72 85
Literacy 86.93% 91.51% 82.46%
Scheduled Caste 85 41 44
Scheduled Tribe 6 2 4
Illiterate 394 148 246

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.3% of total population in Paunan village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Paunan village out of total population, 889 were engaged in work activities. 83.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 889 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 149 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 744 612 132
Cultivators 162 156 6
Agriculture Labourer 149 146 3
Household Industries 168 88 80
Other Workers 265 222 43
Marginal Workers 145 37 108
Non Working 1,081 318 763

Nearby Villages to Paunan,

Below are the list of villages near Paunan village in Singur.

Village Population
Gandarpukur 3,277
Dewan Bheri 5,687
Chak.Gobinda 1,791
Beleghata 466
Khordaapurbapur 3,572
Kirtinagar 44
Gopalnagar 12,232
Bhartar Chak 134
Baje Melia 3,659
Bainchipota 4,019

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