Dumka (community development block)

Dumka
Community development block
Dumka

Location in Jharkhand, India

Coordinates: 24°16′54″N 87°15′55″E / 24.28167°N 87.26528°E / 24.28167; 87.26528Coordinates: 24°16′54″N 87°15′55″E / 24.28167°N 87.26528°E / 24.28167; 87.26528
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Elevation 137 m (449 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 163,201
Languages
  Official Hindi, Santali
Literacy (2011)
  Total literates 96,719 (70.08%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 814101 (Dumka)
Telephone/STD code 06434
Vehicle registration JH 04
Lok Sabha constituency Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency Dumka
Website dumka.nic.in
CD Block

Dumka is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Dumka district, Jharkhand state, India.

Geography

Dumka, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at 24°16′54″N 87°15′55″E / 24.28167°N 87.26528°E / 24.28167; 87.26528.[1]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Dumka CD Block had a total population of 163,201, of which 137,730 were rural and 25,471 were urban. There were 82,585 (51%) males and 80,616 (49%) females. Scheduled Castes numbered 10,986 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 69,912. Population below 6 years was 25,197.[2]

Dumka CD Block has three census towns (2011 population figure in brackets): Rasikpur (8,320), Dudhani (7,117) and Purana Dumka (10,034).[2]

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Dumka CD Block was 96,719 (70.08% of the population over 6 years) out of which 55,839 (58%) were males and 40,880 (42%) were females.[2]

As per 2011 census, literacy in Dumka district was 61.02.[3] Literacy in Jharkhand (for population over 7 years) was 66.41% in 2011.[4] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.[5]

Transportation

The Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line is fully operational from June 2015.[6][7] On the Dumka-Bhagalpur route while trains are running between Dumka and Barapalsi from June 2014 and between Bhagalpur and Hansdih from 2012, the stretch from Hansdiha to Barapalsi is yet to be completed (as in January 2016) .[8]

References

  1. "Dumka Block (Dumka)". Jharkhand. Wikimapia. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. "District Census 2011". Population Census 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. "Jharkhand Profile" (PDF). Census Info India 2011 – Final population totals. Census Comissioner, Government of India. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. "Literacy in India". Census 2011. Census population 2015 data. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. "New rail line for Dumka, Santhal Pargana linked to Bengal, waits for train to Bihar". The Telegraph, 5 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  7. "Dumka-Rampuhat train service flagged off". The Times of India, 5 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. "Bhagalpur to Dumka train link in 2015". The Telegraph, 25 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.


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