Dumka District Population, Jharkhand - Census India 2011

Dumka is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 10 Taluks, 2,925 villages and 5 towns in Dumka district.

As per the Census India 2011, Dumka district has 275,019 households, population of 1,321,442 of which 668,514 are males and 652,928 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 219,449 which is 16.61% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Dumka district is around 977 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Dumka district is 50.88% out of which 60.77% males are literate and 40.76% females are literate. The total area of Dumka is 3,761 sq.km with population density of 351 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 93.18% of population lives in Urban area and 6.82% lives in Rural area. There are 6.02% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 43.22% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Dumka district.

Dumka Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,321,442	100%
Hindu	1,044,726	79.06%
Muslim	106,865	8.09%
Christian	86,404	6.54%
Other religions and persuasions	78,622	5.95%
Religion not stated	4,162	0.31%
Buddhist	267	0.02%
Sikh	234	0.02%
Jain	162	0.01%

Dumka Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	27	3,734
Number of households	17,409	257,610
Total Population	90,178	1,231,264
Population (%)	52.77%	49.57%
Male Population	47,586	620,928
Female Population	42,592	610,336
Sex Ratio	895	983
Literacy (%)	72.91%	49.27%

List of Taluks in Dumka

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Dumka district, Jharkhand

Dumka Population Facts

Number of Households	275,019
Population	1,321,442
Male Population	668,514 (50.59%)
Female Population	652,928 (49.41%)
Children Population	219,449
Area	3,761 km2
Population density/km2	351
Sex-ratio	977
Literacy	50.88%
Male Literacy	60.77%
Female Literacy	40.76%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	43.22%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	6.02%