# Dumam Village, Dantewada – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dantewada, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Dumam

Dumam is a village in Dantewada sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494449**. The 2011 Census counted **523 people in 105 households**, the 40th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 24.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 32.6%.

- 523people (2011)
- 105households
- 24.2%literacy
- 494449PIN code

## Dumam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dumam is 494449.** Dumam falls in Dantewada sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494449
- Gram panchayatKawadgaon
- Community development blockDantewada
- Census village code450112

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

## How far is Dumam from nearby towns?

- Dantewada (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)26 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town)26 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 Dumam?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dumam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dantewada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 7 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 Dumam known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kodo**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Dumam

Of every 100 households in Dumam in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumam · ■ Dantewada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****51%**

**31%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**10%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**62%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dumam?

■ Dumam · ■ Dantewada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****24.2%**

**32.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1294**

**1070

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1513**

**992

Working population ****65.8%**

**54.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 39.2% for men and 12.3% for women. 65% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 128 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 198 (58%)

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 Dantewada

- Midkulnar614 people
- Mangnar608 people
- Kundeli572 people
- Kamaloor557 people
- Tudparas481 people
- Purantarai449 people
- Behnar430 people
- Padhapur406 people

[All 59 villages in Dantewada](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/dantewada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dumam?494449
- How far is Dumam from Dantewada?26 km by road
- What is the population of Dumam?523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumam in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Dantewada sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Dumam?24.2% (Census 2011)