Dumka district

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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).

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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Religion in Dumka district (2011)[2]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
79.06%
Islam
8.09%
Christianity
6.54%
Sarna
5.95%
Other or not stated
0.36%

According to the 2011 census Dumka district has a population of 1,321,442,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius[4] or the US state of New Hampshire.[5] This gives it a ranking of 370th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.39%.[3] Dumka has a sex ratio of 974 females for every 1000 males,[3] 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.[3]

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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.[6]

Politics

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Villages

See also

References

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External links

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