# Dumrail Village, Puraini, Madhepura (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Puraini, Madhepura 

# Dumrail

Dumrail is a village in Puraini sub-district of Madhepura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,206 people in 793 households**, the 11th largest of 22 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.1%.

- 4,206people (2011)
- 793households
- 44.8%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Dumrail PIN code and other codes

Dumrail falls in Puraini sub-district, Madhepura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGaneshpur
- Community development blockPuraini
- Census village code226159

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dumrail from nearby towns?

- Puraini (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Madhepura (district HQ)50 km by road
- Murliganj (nearest town)35 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dumrail?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Dumrail; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nardah
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Nardah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 15 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dumrail known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 446 hectares of village land is sown, and 167 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dumrail

Of every 100 households in Dumrail in 2011, 11 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dumrail · ■ Puraini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****23%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dumrail?

■ Dumrail · ■ Puraini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.8%**

**50.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**910

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**942

Working population ****41.7%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.9% for men and 38.0% for women. 43% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 275 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,001 (57%) · **■** Household industry 26 (1%) · **■** Other work 113 (6%) · **■** Marginal 339 (19%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Puraini

- Durgapur5,802 people
- Kherho5,447 people
- Basdeopur4,704 people
- Narda4,257 people
- Nurullapur urf Jogirar3,768 people
- Nayatola urf Hamidpur3,706 people
- Bagahra3,606 people
- Karaman3,446 people

[All 31 villages in Puraini](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhepura/puraini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dumrail from Madhepura?50 km by road
- What is the population of Dumrail?4,206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumrail in?Madhepura district (Puraini sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dumrail?44.8% (Census 2011)