About Dumki Village

Dumki is a mid sized village in Thethaitangar tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,143, made up of 549 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1017.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Thethaitangar
Pincode	835226
Area (hectares)	1017.08 hectares
Population	1,143
Male Population	549
Female Population	594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dumki compares

By the 2011 count Dumki is the 28th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents. Its 1017.08 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Dumki

Dumki is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dumki as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dumki from other places

Dumki lies about 25 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Sonakhan, about 26 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dumki
Tehsil headquarters	Thethaitangar	12 km
Nearest town	Rajgangpur	24 km
District headquarters	Simdega	25 km
Nearest railway station	Sonakhan	26 km

Villages closest to Dumki

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thethaitangar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dumki

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumki village had a population of 1,143. That makes it the 28th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents.

Dumki village has 549 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumki has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Dumki is 835226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dumki covers 1017.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dumki falls under Thethaitangar tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dumki is Sonakhan, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dumki.

Dumki is about 25 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumki is in Thethaitangar tehsil of Simdega district. Thethaitangar is about 12 km away. Rajgangpur is about 24 km away. Simdega is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.