# Dumki Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dumki

Dumki is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,309 people in 654 households**, the 24th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 3,309people (2011)
- 654households
- 72.3%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumki

Of every 100 households in Dumki in 2011, 35 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dumki · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**20%

Television ****17%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**38%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Dumki?

■ Dumki · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**950

Working population ****46.8%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 60.9% for women. 60% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (8%) · **■** Household industry 30 (2%) · **■** Other work 512 (33%) · **■** Marginal 643 (42%)

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 Canning - I

- Nikarighata3,419 people
- Pangaskhali3,382 people
- Tetul Bana3,371 people
- Baloi Jhaka3,342 people
- Hatamari3,191 people
- Hincha Khali3,106 people
- Dabu3,036 people
- Amtala Bhadri3,000 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dumki?3,309 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumki in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumki?72.3% (Census 2011)