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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dumardih is a village in Kurdeg mandal, Simdega district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 2,604 spread across 527 households with a literacy rate of 52.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAHESHWAR SAY
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- LGD code
- 376493
- Pincode
- 835212
- Post office
- Kurdeg
- Population
- 2,604
- Households
- 527
- Literacy rate
- 52.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1070 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 907
- Distance to district centre
- 149 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 114 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 106 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 358 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barhi · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- AGMCH Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dumardih compares
By population, Dumardih ranks #6 of 25 villages in Kurdeg mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.7%
−4.6% vs mandal average
- Dumardih
- 52.7%
- Kurdeg mandal
- 57.3%
- Simdega district
- 57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,070
+61 vs mandal average
- Dumardih
- 1,070
- Kurdeg mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Dumardih
- 4.9
- Kurdeg mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dumardih at a glance
Dumardih is a village of 2,604 people in 527 households (Census 2011) in Kurdeg block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 6th-largest of 25 villages in Kurdeg block. Literacy is 53%, 5 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,070 women per 1,000 men. It lies 149 km from the Simdega district centre, 44 km from Markacho, the nearest town, 1 km from Barhi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835212, served by Kurdeg post office; the LGD village code is 376493. The nearest hospital or health centre is AGMCH Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is MAHESHWAR SAY, and the village votes in Mandar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shilpi Neha Tirkey. The population is estimated at 3,070 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dumardih
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SIMDEGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 65
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DUMARDIH
- Total area (ha)
- 1,212.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 29.69
- Forest area (ha)
- 59.91
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dumardih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dumardih
- LGD code
- 376493
- Pincode
- 835212
- Post office
- Kurdeg
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,604
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,070
- Households
- 527
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1070
- Literacy rate
- 52.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.29827°N, 85.39974°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Lohardaga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukhdeo Bhagat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shilpi Neha Tirkey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MAHESHWAR SAY
- Block / Mandal
- Kurdeg
- Nearest railway station
- Itki (108.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dumardih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi106 kmcapital
- Kolkata358 km
- Delhi946 km
- Hyderabad1052 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarhi1 km
- Hospital / PHCAGMCH Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankSBI VBU31 km
- Petrol pumpHP27 km
- CollegeVINOBA BHAVE UNIVERCITY31 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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