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Dumka (community development block)

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Country
  
India

District
  
Dumka

PIN
  
814101 (Dumka)

Elevation
  
137 m

Area code
  
06434

State
  
Jharkhand

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone/STD code
  
06434

Population
  
163,201 (2011)

Dumka (community development block)

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

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Geography

Dumka, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at 24°16′54″N 87°15′55″E.

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.

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

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.

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

Transportation

The Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line is fully operational from June 2015. 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) .

References

Dumka (community development block) Wikipedia