# Dimdiha Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Dimdiha

Dimdiha is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,266 people in 786 households**, the 2nd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 4,266people (2011)
- 786households
- 59.8%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dimdiha

Of every 100 households in Dimdiha in 2011, 24 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dimdiha · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**84%

Use banking services ****48%**

**44%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dimdiha?

■ Dimdiha · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**934

Working population ****43.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 42.5% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (11%) · **■** Household industry 91 (5%) · **■** Other work 305 (16%) · **■** Marginal 1,091 (59%)

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 Purulia - I

- Chakaltor4,461 people
- Garaphushara4,244 people
- Bhul4,147 people
- Sindri3,957 people
- Manguria3,808 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dimdiha?4,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dimdiha in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dimdiha?59.8% (Census 2011)