# Dumarhir Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Dumarhir

Dumarhir is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,610 people in 258 households**, the 9th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,610people (2011)
- 258households
- 67.9%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumarhir

Of every 100 households in Dumarhir in 2011, 40 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dumarhir · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**46%

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

**10%

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

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**66%

Use banking services ****74%**

**57%

Television ****21%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Dumarhir?

■ Dumarhir · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**967

Working population ****43.6%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 51.9% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (29%) · **■** Other work 141 (20%) · **■** Marginal 291 (41%)

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 Neturia

- Bonra2,051 people
- Bartoria1,898 people
- Ranipur Colliery1,873 people
- Nadiha1,801 people
- Deilya1,592 people
- Bhurkunrabari1,514 people
- Inganpur1,492 people
- Heddi1,478 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumarhir?1,610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumarhir in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumarhir?67.9% (Census 2011)