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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Dumaria

Dumaria is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,459 people in 304 households**, the 20th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,459people (2011)
- 304households
- 63.6%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumaria

Of every 100 households in Dumaria in 2011, 58 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumaria · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****49%**

**39%

Television ****28%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dumaria?

■ Dumaria · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**946

Working population ****28.6%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 53.4% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 251 (60%) · **■** Marginal 38 (9%)

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

- Udaysiru1,660 people
- Maru1,658 people
- Sarjamhatu1,624 people
- Benga1,474 people
- Khatjuri1,400 people
- Hesatu1,386 people
- Pilai1,339 people
- Dulmi1,317 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumaria?1,459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumaria in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumaria?63.6% (Census 2011)