# Dulandi Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Dulandi

Dulandi is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,722 people in 390 households**, the 35th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,722people (2011)
- 390households
- 50.5%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dulandi

Of every 100 households in Dulandi in 2011, 17 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dulandi · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****63%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dulandi?

■ Dulandi · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**983

Working population ****30.4%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.6% for men and 44.2% for women. 52% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (15%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 76 (15%) · **■** Marginal 235 (45%)

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 Murarai - I

- Dalima1,818 people
- Sohara1,816 people
- Mahimuji1,795 people
- Sumarpur1,784 people
- Tapna1,678 people
- Kanaipur1,620 people
- Abdullapur1,616 people
- Bhatra1,535 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dulandi?1,722 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dulandi in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dulandi?50.5% (Census 2011)