# 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 **1,480 people in 269 households**, the 26th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,480people (2011)
- 269households
- 63.5%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumurdih

Of every 100 households in Dumurdih in 2011, 11 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dumurdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****52%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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+) ****63.5%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**957

Working population ****71.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 50.2% for women. 73% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 227 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (2%) · **■** Marginal 777 (74%)

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

- Parsa1,596 people
- Laka1,589 people
- Durku1,564 people
- Kadoyan1,482 people
- Lagudih1,451 people
- Kalpara1,445 people
- Kudlung1,445 people
- Tumrashou1,399 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumurdih?1,480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumurdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumurdih?63.5% (Census 2011)