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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Dulmi

Dulmi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **672 people in 143 households**, the 75th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 672people (2011)
- 143households
- 91.9%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dulmi

Of every 100 households in Dulmi in 2011, 90 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 72 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 51 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dulmi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**92%

Tap water ****20%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****72%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****14%**

**84%

Use banking services ****86%**

**44%

Television ****82%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****51%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**22%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Dulmi?

■ Dulmi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****594**

**934

Working population ****28.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 86.8% for women. 45% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (3%) · **■** Household industry 15 (8%) · **■** Other work 151 (79%) · **■** Marginal 21 (11%)

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

- Phatepur736 people
- Ralibari735 people
- Keshargarya720 people
- Akarbad689 people
- Karamara664 people
- Uchali657 people
- Barakdi635 people
- Khojda635 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dulmi?672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dulmi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dulmi?91.9% (Census 2011)