# Dumari Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Dumari

Dumari is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,484 people in 294 households**, the 29th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,484people (2011)
- 294households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumari

Of every 100 households in Dumari in 2011, 33 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dumari · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**25%

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

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**89%

Use banking services ****11%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dumari?

■ Dumari · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1194**

**939

Working population ****46.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 54.3% for women. 57% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (5%) · **■** Marginal 650 (94%)

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 Balarampur

- Salbani1,627 people
- Hanspur1,585 people
- Ruchap1,566 people
- Parbad Kashitanr1,521 people
- Chakulia1,417 people
- Bhalubasa1,372 people
- Deuli1,349 people
- Maldi1,327 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumari?1,484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumari in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumari?70.9% (Census 2011)