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Dumarhir Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dumarhir is a medium size village located in Neturia Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 258 families residing. The Dumarhir village has population of 1610 of which 823 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dumarhir village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 18.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dumarhir village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dumarhir as per census is 1086, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dumarhir village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dumarhir village was 67.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dumarhir Male literacy stands at 82.75 % while female literacy rate was 51.89 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dumarhir village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dumarhir village.

Dumarhir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,610 823 787
Child (0-6) 290 139 151
Schedule Caste 365 195 170
Schedule Tribe 274 134 140
Literacy 67.88 % 82.75 % 51.89 %
Total Workers 702 458 244
Main Worker 411 - -
Marginal Worker 291 76 215

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 17.02 % of total population in Dumarhir village.

Work Profile

In Dumarhir village out of total population, 702 were engaged in work activities. 58.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 702 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 203 were Agricultural labourer.