# Dumkhera Village, Chandla, Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chandla, Chhatarpur 

# Dumkhera

Dumkhera is a village in Chandla sub-district of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **890 people in 217 households**, the 43rd largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 890people (2011)
- 217households
- 60.4%literacy
- 820females per 1,000 males

## Dumkhera PIN code and other codes

Dumkhera falls in Chandla sub-district, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockLaundi
- Census village code457605

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

## How far is Dumkhera from nearby towns?

- Chandla (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Chhatarpur (district HQ)79 km by road
- Chandla (nearest town)5 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 Dumkhera?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km
- ○Degree college10+ km · Laundi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nowgong
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Dumkhera known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and jawar**. About 52% of the 557 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Dumkhera

Of every 100 households in Dumkhera in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumkhera · ■ Chandla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****51%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dumkhera?

■ Dumkhera · ■ Chandla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****820**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**905

Working population ****35.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 45.2% for women. 48% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 190 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (19%) · **■** Other work 20 (6%) · **■** Marginal 46 (14%)

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 Chandla

- Bedee1,004 people
- Bishankhera966 people
- Patalee895 people
- Chhapra893 people
- Tahanga Charai Purwa886 people
- Chhatarpur885 people
- Basantpur884 people
- Kharaba851 people

[All 87 villages in Chandla](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur/chandla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dumkhera from Chhatarpur?79 km by road
- What is the population of Dumkhera?890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumkhera in?Chhatarpur district (Chandla sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dumkhera?60.4% (Census 2011)