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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Purnima Bauri
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- LGD code
- 331050
- Pincode
- 723151
- Post office
- Puncha
- Population
- 5,404
- Households
- 1,137
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,070
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 187 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1066 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamna railway station · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hura Rural Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Puncha compares
By population, Puncha ranks #1 of 109 villages in Puncha mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+10.8% vs mandal average
- Puncha
- 70.1%
- Puncha mandal
- 59.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
−7 vs mandal average
- Puncha
- 969
- Puncha mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Puncha
- 4.8
- Puncha mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puncha at a glance
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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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Puncha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 553.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 130
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Puncha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Puncha
- LGD code
- 331050
- Pincode
- 723151
- Post office
- Puncha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,404
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,371
- Households
- 1,137
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.15849°N, 86.65058°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Purnima Bauri
- Block / Mandal
- Puncha
Getting there
How to reach Puncha
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 47 km
≈ 1 h 36 min by car · 1 h 54 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata187 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1066 km
- Delhi1122 km
- Chennai1307 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamna railway station33 km
- Hospital / PHCHura Rural Hospital17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India23 km
- Petrol pumpSun Filling Station23 km
- CollegeMajhihira D.el.ed college14 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station20 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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