Puna Kalan
Paraiya block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824209
· village code 255421
Population 2011
3,370
Census of India
Population 2020
3,578
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.2%
208 people · 0.7% a year
Households
593
+3.7% vs 572 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,370
Male / female
1,731 / 1,639
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
666
Literacy rate
44.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,436 / 0
Working population
1,219
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.0%
Households
572
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
500
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
453
Non-farm households
140
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 48 / 48
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puna Kala panchayat, Paraiya zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹31.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.00 lakh · received ₹6.95 lakh · spent ₹21.14 lakh · left ₹81,281
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.54 lakh · received ₹10.49 lakh · spent ₹13.04 lakh · left ₹14.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7681, 84.8988 —
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