Purana Dumka

Purana Dumka Purani Dumka
Census Town
Purana Dumka Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Purana Dumka Purana Dumka (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°15′23″N87°14′14″E / 24.256367°N 87.237278°E / 24.256367; 87.237278
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Area
• Total	1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	10,034
• Density	8,700/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Dumka (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Santali Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814110
Telephone/ STD code	06434
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Dumka
Website	dumka.nic.in

Purana Dumka (also spelled as Purani Dumka) is a census town in Dumka CD block in Dumka subdivision of Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Purana Dumka is located at 24°15′23″N87°14′14″E / 24.256367°N 87.237278°E / 24.256367; 87.237278 .

Overview

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. ^[1]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Area

Purana Dumka has an area of 1.15 km². ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Purana Dumka had a total population of 10,034, of which 5,343 (53%) were males and 4,691 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,387. The total number of literate persons in Purana Dumka was 8,647 (83.17% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Dumka, Purani Dumka covered an area of 1.15 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 50 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 1,591 domestic electric connections, 125 road light points. Among the medical facilities, it had 4 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 2 maternity and child welfare centres, 2 maternity homes, 2 nursing home, 2 veterinary hospital, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 1 middle school. Two important items it produced were furniture, earthen pots. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 agricultural credit society. ^[3]

Transport

Dumka railway station, on the Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line, is located nearby. ^[4]

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
3. "District Census Handbook Dumka, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). 705-709. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
4. "Rampurhat-Jasidih Passenger". Time Table. IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 8 November 2020.