# Dulmi Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Dulmi

Dulmi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,317 people in 277 households**, the 24th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,317people (2011)
- 277households
- 68.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dulmi

Of every 100 households in Dulmi in 2011, 2 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dulmi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****7%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****53%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dulmi?

■ Dulmi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**946

Working population ****40.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 55.2% for women. 47% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 388 (73%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Dumaria1,459 people
- Khatjuri1,400 people
- Hesatu1,386 people
- Pilai1,339 people
- Hepad1,315 people
- Brajapur1,271 people
- Nayadi1,246 people
- Chhoto Bakad1,243 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dulmi?1,317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dulmi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dulmi?68.0% (Census 2011)