# Dulmi Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Dulmi

Dulmi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **586 people in 107 households**, the 83rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 586people (2011)
- 107households
- 38.0%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dulmi

Of every 100 households in Dulmi in 2011, 38 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dulmi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**80%

Use banking services ****18%**

**30%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****53%**

**35%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.0%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**973

Working population ****26.5%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.6% for men and 23.2% for women. 46% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (11%) · **■** Household industry 19 (12%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 4 (3%)

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

- Mahuda618 people
- Poradi609 people
- Khairi594 people
- Bagda586 people
- Bingdaru582 people
- Amra556 people
- Chutukpiri539 people
- Kasdihi533 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dulmi?586 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dulmi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dulmi?38.0% (Census 2011)