# Dumdumi Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Dumdumi

Dumdumi is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 251 households**, the 15th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 251households
- 64.2%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumdumi

Of every 100 households in Dumdumi in 2011, 67 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dumdumi · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**86%

Tap water ****89%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**67%

Use banking services ****70%**

**52%

Television ****54%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

Own their home ****65%**

**96%

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 · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**973

Working population ****43.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 52.7% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 39 (7%) · **■** Other work 401 (74%) · **■** Marginal 100 (18%)

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 Santuri

- Kotaldih1,663 people
- Dandahit1,578 people
- Marbedya1,397 people
- Ghoramurga1,246 people
- Kulai1,217 people
- Baghaband1,214 people
- Talberya1,141 people
- Salberya1,018 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumdumi?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumdumi in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumdumi?64.2% (Census 2011)