Pauni is a Block situated in Bhandara district in Maharashtra. Situated in rural area of Maharashtra, it is one of the 7 blocks of Bhandara district. According to the government register, the block code of Pauni is 93. The block has 156 villages and there are total 31662 homes in this Block.
As per Census 2011, Pauni's population is 131767. Out of this, 66334 are males while the females count 65433 here. This block has 14205 children in the age bracket of 0-6 years. Among them 7237 are boys and 6968 are girls.
Literacy rate in Pauni block is 72%. 94946 out of total 131767 population is educated here. Among males the literacy rate is 79% as 52546 males out of total 66334 are literate however female literacy rate is 64% as 42400 out of total 65433 females are educated in this Block.
The dark part is that illiteracy rate of Pauni block is 27%. Here 36821 out of total 131767 people are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 20% as 13788 males out of total 66334 are illiterate. Among the females the illiteracy rate is 35% and 23033 out of total 65433 females are illiterate in this block.
The count of working people of Pauni block is 71370 yet 60397 are un-employed. And out of 71370 working person 15064 peoples are fully dependent on agriculture.