Dumka district
District of Jharkhand in India
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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). Dumka district is located in the eastern part of Jharkhand.
Dumka district
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Top to bottom Maluti temples, Entrance gate of Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Basukinath Temple, Massanjore Dam | |
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| Country |  India |
| State |  Jharkhand |
| Division | Santhal Pargana |
| Headquarters | Dumka |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Sri Anjaneyulu Dodde (IAS) |
| • Superintendent of police | Sri Pitamber Singh Kherwar (IPS) |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Dumka |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 4 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,716 km2 (1,435 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,321,442 |
| • Rank | 11th |
| • Density | 355.6/km2 (921.0/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 15th |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 61.02 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 974 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | dumka |
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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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According to the 2011 census Dumka district has a population of 1,321,442,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius[5] or the US state of New Hampshire.[6] This gives it a ranking of 370th in India (out of a total of 640).[4] The district has a population density of 300 inhabitants per square kilometre (780/sq mi).[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.39%.[4] Dumka has a sex ratio of 974 females for every 1000 males,[4] 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.[4]
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.[7]
Politics
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | Dumka | 7 | Sikaripara | Alok Kumar Soren | |||
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| Dumka | 10 | Dumka | Basant Soren | JMM | |||||||||
| 11 | Jama | Louis Marandi | |||||||||||
| 12 | Jarmundi | Devendra Kunwar | BJP | NDA | |||||||||