Puniani Gaon
Balipara block · Sonitpur
district, Assam · PIN 784501
· village code 286257
Population 2011
3,207
Census of India
Population 2020
4,058
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.5%
851 people · 2.6% a year
Households
791
+26.8% vs 624 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,207
Male / female
1,603 / 1,604
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,001
Children aged 0–6
675
Literacy rate
50.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 0
Working population
874
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.1%
Households
624
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
260
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
42
Non-farm households
602
Share of households farming, 2020
7%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Napam panchayat, Gabhoru 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
₹1.48 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹42.34 lakh
Received directly
₹89.68 lakh
Spent
₹1.36 crore
Unspent at year end
₹1.45 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹43.36 lakh · received ₹16.94 lakh · spent ₹55.65 lakh · left ₹43.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.05 crore · received ₹25.40 lakh · spent ₹79.86 lakh · left ₹1.01 crore
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7387, 92.8070 —
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