# Dubhi Village, Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda, Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

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Village · Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda, Dhanbad 

# Dubhi

Dubhi is a village in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,723 people in 346 households**, the 49th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 1,723people (2011)
- 346households
- 64.2%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Dubhi PIN code and other codes

Dubhi falls in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBelkupa
- Community development blockNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda
- Census village code362074

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

## How far is Dubhi from nearby towns?

- Chirkunda (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)31 km by road
- Chirkunda (nearest town)18 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 Dubhi?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Dubhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nirsa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gobindpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gobindpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 11 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 Dubhi known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 12% of the 171 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Dubhi

Of every 100 households in Dubhi in 2011, 86 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dubhi · ■ Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**14%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****4%**

**37%

Use banking services ****22%**

**53%

Television ****36%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**88%

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 Dubhi?

■ Dubhi · ■ Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**945

Working population ****48.4%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 49.7% for women. 49% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 400 (48%) · **■** Marginal 423 (51%)

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 Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda

- Daldali1,811 people
- Dahibari1,760 people
- Gugitapa1,752 people
- Morkara1,744 people
- Khokrapahari1,705 people
- Belkupa1,703 people
- Gagna1,682 people
- Bandrabad1,674 people

[All 248 villages in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dhanbad/nirsa-cum-chirkunda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dubhi from Dhanbad?31 km by road
- What is the population of Dubhi?1,723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dubhi in?Dhanbad district (Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dubhi?64.2% (Census 2011)
