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Dumdapahari Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dumdapahari is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 72 families residing. The Dumdapahari village has population of 342 of which 179 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dumdapahari village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 10.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dumdapahari village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dumdapahari as per census is 636, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dumdapahari village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dumdapahari village was 78.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dumdapahari Male literacy stands at 86.62 % while female literacy rate was 69.80 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dumdapahari 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 Dumdapahari village.

Dumdapahari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 342 179 163
Child (0-6) 36 22 14
Schedule Caste 167 87 80
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.43 % 86.62 % 69.80 %
Total Workers 124 102 22
Main Worker 91 - -
Marginal Worker 33 22 11

Caste Factor

In Dumdapahari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.83 % of total population in Dumdapahari village. The village Dumdapahari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dumdapahari village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 73.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.