# Dumdan Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Dumdan

Dumdan is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **768 people in 178 households**, the 140th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 768people (2011)
- 178households
- 86.1%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumdan

Of every 100 households in Dumdan in 2011, 80 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumdan · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****8%**

**36%

Television ****6%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dumdan?

■ Dumdan · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**949

Working population ****61.1%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 80.3% for women. 64% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 136 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 245 (52%)

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 Panskura

- Ratulia793 people
- Dashang786 people
- Radhaballavpur782 people
- Bikra Chandangerya775 people
- Mahadol Rupchak764 people
- Basantabar748 people
- Chhenyagar746 people
- Paramananda Chak741 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumdan?768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumdan in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumdan?86.1% (Census 2011)