# Dumurdih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Dumurdih

Dumurdih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **200 people in 42 households**, the 184th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 200people (2011)
- 42households
- 88.7%literacy
- 818females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumurdih

Of every 100 households in Dumurdih in 2011, 80 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dumurdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**85%

Use banking services ****62%**

**41%

Television ****58%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**98%

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 Dumurdih?

■ Dumurdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****818**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**957

Working population ****30.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 79.5% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 14 (23%) · **■** Other work 33 (55%) · **■** Marginal 13 (22%)

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 Barabazar

- Raghunathdih219 people
- Gabhurra217 people
- Turangdih214 people
- Jharnakocha208 people
- Saremacha179 people
- Tilabani174 people
- Haritanr152 people
- Garadih142 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumurdih?200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumurdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumurdih?88.7% (Census 2011)