# Dumdapahari Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Dumdapahari

Dumdapahari is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **342 people in 72 households**, the 157th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 342people (2011)
- 72households
- 78.4%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumdapahari

Of every 100 households in Dumdapahari in 2011, 40 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumdapahari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**84%

Use banking services ****39%**

**50%

Television ****35%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dumdapahari?

■ Dumdapahari · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**937

Working population ****36.3%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 69.8% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (18%) · **■** Other work 40 (32%) · **■** Marginal 33 (27%)

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 Kashipur

- Ghorakata354 people
- Chaka353 people
- Sihika352 people
- Sunra348 people
- Mosla341 people
- Suaria341 people
- Guhagara340 people
- Saldiha330 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumdapahari?342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumdapahari in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumdapahari?78.4% (Census 2011)