# Durmut Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/durmut/

Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Durmut

Durmut is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,261 people in 643 households**, the 5th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 3,261people (2011)
- 643households
- 57.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durmut

Of every 100 households in Durmut in 2011, 31 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durmut · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**89%

Tap water ****87%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**71%

Use banking services ****72%**

**46%

Television ****19%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Durmut?

■ Durmut · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.7%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**964

Working population ****31.9%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 44.6% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 304 (29%) · **■** Household industry 40 (4%) · **■** Other work 239 (23%) · **■** Marginal 387 (37%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Paschim Bero5,699 people
- Shanka4,233 people
- Senara3,638 people
- Nanduara3,420 people
- Churmi3,079 people
- Purbba Bero2,956 people
- Mahinda Alias Babudergan2,563 people
- Madhutati2,528 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durmut?3,261 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durmut in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durmut?57.7% (Census 2011)