# Dumdumi Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Dumdumi

Dumdumi is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,768 people in 659 households**, the 5th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 3,768people (2011)
- 659households
- 66.7%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumdumi

Of every 100 households in Dumdumi in 2011, 26 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dumdumi · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****70%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**25%

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 Dumdumi?

■ Dumdumi · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**966

Working population ****37.2%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 51.1% for women. 54% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (7%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 447 (32%) · **■** Marginal 679 (48%)

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 - II

- Chharra6,131 people
- Sihuli4,551 people
- Bongabari4,215 people
- Ghongha3,803 people
- Mahara3,367 people
- Malthol3,289 people
- Baghra3,221 people
- Palanja3,142 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumdumi?3,768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumdumi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumdumi?66.7% (Census 2011)