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About Dumrui Village

Dumrui is a mid sized village in Illambazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,143, made up of 599 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumrui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumrui village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Illambazar
Pincode 731214
Area (hectares) 283.77 hectares
Population 1,143
Male Population 599
Female Population 544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dumrui compares

By the 2011 count Dumrui is the 58th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 283.77 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Dumrui

Dumrui is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dumrui as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dumrui from other places

Dumrui lies about 10 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, about 4.1 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 Dumrui
Nearest railway station Adalpahari 4.1 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Illambazar 10 km
District headquarters Birbhum 10 km

Villages closest to Dumrui

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

Common questions about Dumrui

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumrui village had a population of 1,143. That makes it the 58th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Dumrui village has 599 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumrui has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Dumrui is 731214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dumrui covers 283.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumrui falls under Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dumrui is Adalpahari, about 4.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dumrui.

Dumrui is about 10 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumrui is in Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Adalpahari is about 4.1 km away. Rampur Hat is about 8.9 km away. Illambazar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Rasik (3.5 km), Etapur (4.4 km) and Debipur (4.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dumrui today is likely to be higher.

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