# Dumair Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Dumair

Dumair is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,039 people in 245 households**, the 69th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,039people (2011)
- 245households
- 80.4%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumair

Of every 100 households in Dumair in 2011, 32 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumair · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****22%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Dumair?

■ Dumair · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1389**

**965

Working population ****40.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 74.1% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (23%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 49 (12%) · **■** Marginal 133 (32%)

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 Balurghat

- Idrakpur1,067 people
- Jagannathbati1,063 people
- Bhatra1,055 people
- Harigaon1,050 people
- Salgoan1,039 people
- Majhigram1,031 people
- Chak Andharu1,025 people
- Belgharia1,022 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumair?1,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumair?80.4% (Census 2011)