Dudhani, Dumka Explained

Dudhani
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand#India3
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates:24.2784°N 87.2408°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jharkhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dumka
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1.13
Population Total:71117
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages (*For language details see Dumka (community development block)#Language and religion)
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi, Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:814110
Area Code Type:Telephone/ STD code
Area Code:06434
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Dumka
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Dumka

Dudhani is a census town in Dumka CD block in Dumka subdivision of Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Dudhani is located at 24.2784°N 87.2408°W.

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

Dudhani has an area of 1.13 km2.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Dudhani had a total population of 7,117, of which 3,761 (53%) were males and 3,356 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 940. The total number of literate persons in Dudhani was 6,177 (84.91% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Dumka, Dudhani covered an area of 1.13 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 59 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 1,128 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 15 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 1 nursing home, 3 charitable hospital/ nursing homes, 1 veterinary hospital, 50 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 10 primary schools, 8 middle schools, 5 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities it had 2 orphanage homes, 1 working women's hostel, 1 stadium, 2 cinema theatres, 2 auditorium/ public halls, 2 public libraries, 2 reading rooms. An important item it produced was furniture. It had the branch offices of 5 nationalised bank, 3 private commercial banks, 4 cooperative bank, 5 agricultural credit society, 3 non-agricultural credit societies.[3]

Transport

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

Education

St. Mary's is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2002. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X.[5]

Government Middle School Dudhani is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1919. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII.[6]

Modern English School is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2001. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VI.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas. P.C.. Roychoudhury . Chapter I: General . Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965 . 10 November 2020.
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B. Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census . Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 8 November 2020.
  3. Web site: District Census Handbook Dumka, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . 705-709. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand . 8 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Rampurhat-Jasidih Passenger. Time Table . IndiaRailInfo. 8 November 2020.
  5. Web site: St. Mary's School . Schools.org.in . 8 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Govt. HI. M.S. Dudhani . Schools.org . 8 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Modern English School . Schools.org . 8 November 2020.