Puncha is a village, with a police station, and a gram panchayat in the Puncha CD block in the

Manbazar subdivision Manbazar subdivision is a subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. History Purulia district was divided into four subdivisions, viz., Purulia Sadar, Manbazar, Jhalda and Raghunathpur, with effect from 6 April 2017, ...

of the

Purulia district Purulia district () is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- Adra, Manbazar ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Puncha is located at .

Area overview

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...

. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.

, shown in the map alongside, is located in the eastern part of the district. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 96.32% of the population living in the rural areas and 3.68% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map shows the Kangsabati Project Reservoir. The Mukutmanipur Dam is in Bankura district but the upper portion of the reservoir is in Manbazar subdivision. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district. The subdivision has a very high proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Bandwan CD block has 51.86% ST population, Manbazar II CD block has 48.97% ST population. Manbazar I CD block has 22.03% ST and 22.44% SC. Puncha CD block has 24.74% ST and 14.54 SC. Writing in 1911, H. Coupland, ICS, speaks of the aboriginal races largely predominating in the old Manbhum district. He particularly mentions the Kurmis, Santhals, Bhumij and Bauri. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Puncha had a total population of 5,404 of which 2,744(51%) were males and 2,660 (49%) were females. There were 573 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Puncha was 3,788 (78.41% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Puncha police station has jurisdiction over parts of the Puncha and

Manbazar I Manbazar I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Manbazar subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Background The ''Jaina Bhagavati-Sutra'' of the 5th cent ...

CD blocks. The area covered is 330.11 km² and the population covered is 123,768.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Puncha CD block are located at Puncha.

Transport

Hura-Puncha Road and Puncha-Payrachali Road meet at Puncha.

Culture

Pakbirra Pakbirra is a village in the Puncha (community development block), Puncha Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Manbazar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Pakbirra is l ...

, famous for its Jain temples, is located close by.

Healthcare

Puncha Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is a major government medical facility in Puncha CD block.

References

Villages in Purulia district {{Purulia-geo-stub