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Dumka district

Dumka district

District of Jharkhand in India

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Dumka.

Dumka district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Dumka is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district covers an area of 3716.02 km2. This district has a population of 1,321,442 (2011 Census).

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Economy

In 2006, the Indian government named Dumka one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]

Demographics

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According to the 2011 census Dumka district has a population of 1,321,442,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius[5] or the US state of New Hampshire.[6] This gives it a ranking of 370th in India (out of a total of 640).[4] The district has a population density of 300 inhabitants per square kilometre (780/sq mi).[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.39%.[4] Dumka has a sex ratio of 974 females for every 1000 males,[4] and a literacy rate of 61.02%. 6.82% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.02% and 43.22% of the population respectively.[4]

Languages of Dumka district (2011)[7]

  Santali (39.71%)
  Khortha (34.44%)
  Bengali (9.59%)
  Hindi (6.64%)
  'Other' Hindi (3.02%)
  Malto (2.40%)
  Urdu (1.86%)
  Others (2.34%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 39.71% of the population spoke Santali, 34.44% Khortha, 9.59% Bengali, 6.64% Hindi, 2.40% Malto and 1.86% Urdu as their first language. 3.02% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Hindi.[7]

Politics

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Villages

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References

  1. [1]
    Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Jharkhand" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  3. [3]
    "Table C-01 Population By Religion: Jharkhand". census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  4. [4]
    "District Census Handbook: Dumka" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  5. [5]
    US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.
  6. [6]
    "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Hampshire 1,316,470
  7. [7]
    "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Jharkhand". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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