Puncha is the mandal headquarters village in Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 5,404 across 1,137 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70.1% and is located at 23.158°N, 86.651°E with postal code 723151.
By population, Puncha ranks #1 of 109 villages in Puncha mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puncha is a village of 5,404 people in 1,137 households (Census 2011) in Puncha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the largest of 109 villages in Puncha block. Literacy is 70%, 11 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Purulia district centre, 47 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 33 km from Tamna railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723151, served by Puncha post office; the LGD village code is 331050. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hura Rural Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Purnima Bauri, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 6,371 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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