# Dumkadi Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Dumkadi

Dumkadi is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,177 people in 240 households**, the 40th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,177people (2011)
- 240households
- 66.9%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumkadi

Of every 100 households in Dumkadi in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumkadi · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****92%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dumkadi?

■ Dumkadi · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**954

Working population ****53.8%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 51.7% for women. 51% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 289 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 276 (44%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (4%) · **■** Marginal 40 (6%)

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 Hura

- Amlatara1,262 people
- Madhuban1,234 people
- Bathandi1,229 people
- Nishchintapur1,204 people
- Punchadi1,163 people
- Manpur1,143 people
- Hura Keshabpur1,134 people
- Arjjunjora1,132 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumkadi?1,177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumkadi in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumkadi?66.9% (Census 2011)