# Dumardi Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Dumardi

Dumardi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,184 people in 241 households**, the 30th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,184people (2011)
- 241households
- 75.2%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumardi

Of every 100 households in Dumardi in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumardi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****22%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dumardi?

■ Dumardi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**946

Working population ****48.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 60.5% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (15%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 43 (8%) · **■** Marginal 291 (51%)

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

- Brajapur1,271 people
- Nayadi1,246 people
- Chhoto Bakad1,243 people
- Kuki1,220 people
- Orddana1,170 people
- Nayadi Alias Koradi1,168 people
- Kerawari1,145 people
- Mathari1,136 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumardi?1,184 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumardi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumardi?75.2% (Census 2011)