# Dimu Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Dimu

Dimu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,471 people in 506 households**, the 11th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,471people (2011)
- 506households
- 44.4%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dimu

Of every 100 households in Dimu in 2011, 3 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dimu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****4%**

**30%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dimu?

■ Dimu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.4%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**973

Working population ****44.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 23.8% for women. 50% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 129 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (11%) · **■** Household industry 131 (12%) · **■** Other work 346 (32%) · **■** Marginal 361 (33%)

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 - II

- Kachahatu3,057 people
- Bamania2,785 people
- Buruhara Alias Majhidi2,753 people
- Murguma2,749 people
- Matkuma2,465 people
- Durgu2,462 people
- Rigid2,312 people
- Jiudaru2,232 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dimu?2,471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dimu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dimu?44.4% (Census 2011)