Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Duma

Duma is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,976 people in 684 households, the 36th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.
- 2,976 people (2011)
- 684 households
- 71.9% literacy
- 938 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Duma

Of every 100 households in Duma in 2011, 35 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Duma · ■ Gaighata rural average
- Electricity for lighting 35% 59%
- Toilet within the home 96% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 3% 3%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 41% 46%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 91%
- Use banking services 24% 47%
- Television 16% 31%
- Mobile phone 34% 49%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 3%
- None of these assets 20% 17%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Duma?

■ Duma · ■ Gaighata rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.9% 81.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 938 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 802 965
- Working population 35.7% 37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 64.8% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 309 (29%) · ■ Farm labourers 371 (35%) · ■ Household industry 5 (0%) · ■ Other work 295 (28%) · ■ Marginal 81 (8%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gaighata
- Baikara 3,056 people
- Chandigar 3,051 people
- Subidpur 3,029 people
- Shutia 2,977 people
- Manikhira 2,898 people
- Ambaula 2,794 people
- Bhaduria 2,793 people
- Ganti 2,775 people

All 100 villages in Gaighata

## Other places named Duma
- Duma · Village, Jambughoda, Panch Mahals · 2,595 people
- Duma · Village, Purbi Tundi*, Dhanbad · 1,244 people
- Duma · Village, Fatehpur, Jamtara · 558 people
- Duma · Village, Jama, Dumka · 397 people
- Duma · Village, Palojori, Deoghar · 377 people
- Duma · Village, Jamua, Giridih · 93 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Duma? 2,976 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Duma in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Duma? 71.9% (Census 2011)

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