Overview of the Dumka District

Economy
Demography

It is one of the most spectacular district of Jharkhand state that has the epitome of being the sub- Capital of this State.

Economy

Dumka is the future silk city of india. As we all know that it is the India’s largest Producer district of cocoons.

Silk is a natural Protein fiber and it can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons.

All the 10 blocks of Dumka Produces cocoons but 6 blocks namely Kathikund, Gopikander, Shikaripara, Ranishwar, Masalia and Sariyahat are the main producers In this Financial Year, about 79674735 cocoons have been produced till now. Dumka has also produced disease free 1827457 cocoons . Ironically there is no industry or small scale industry to prepare silk fibre of silk colthes. Bhagalpur is Known as silk city but Bhagalpur doesn’t produce cocoons.

There are enormous scope to set up big industry or small scale industry in three blocks i.e Khatikund, Gopikandar and Dumka block of Dumka District.

Industrail Area Dumka:

Sl.No	Name of Industrial Area	Land Acquired (in hectare)	Land developed (in hectare)	Prevailing Rate Per sq. ft.(in Rs.)	No. of plots	No of allotted plots	No. of vacant plots	No. of units in production
1.	Industrial Area Dumka	6.088	6.088	19.00	13	13	03	10

Industry at a Glance:

Sl.No	Head	Unit	Particulars
1	Registered Industrial Unit	No.	2241
2	Total Industrial Unit	No.	2241
3	Registered Medium and Large Unit	No.	Nil
4	Estimated Avg. No of Daily Worker Employed in small scale industries	No.	38
5	Employment in large and medium industries	No.	Nil
6	No of industrial Area	No.	1

Demography

Basic Indicators:

Sl.	Indicator	Dumka	Jharkhand	Source	Year
1	Population	1321442	32988134	Census of India	2011
2	Male	668514	16930315	Census of India	2011
3	Female	652928	16057819	Census of India	2011
4	Rural	1231264	25055073	Census of India	2011
5	Urban	90178	7933061	Census of India	2011
6	SC Population	79614	3985644	Census of India	2011
7	SC Population Male	40802	2043458	Census of India	2011
8	SC Population Female	38812	1942186	Census of India	2011
9	ST Population	571077	8645042	Census of India	2011
10	ST Population Male	282125	4315407	Census of India	2011
11	ST Population Female	288952	4329635	Census of India	2011
12	Population Growth Rate, 2001-11 (%)	19.39	22.34	Census of India	2011
13	Child Population (0-6 Years)	219449	5389495	Census of India	2011
14	Child Population (0-6 Years) to total Population (%)	16.60	16.33	Census of India	2011
15	Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 males)	977	949	Census of India	2011
16	Sex at Birth, Total	927	930	AHS	2012-13
17	Sex at Birth, Rural	936	943	AHS	2012-13
18	Sex at Birth, Urban	782	884	AHS	2012-13
19	Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Years; girls per 1000 boys)	966	948	Census of India	2011
20	Gross Enrolment Ratio (Primary)	99.7	155.8	DISE	2010-11
21	Crude Birth Rate, Total (per 1000)	25.4	23.0	AHS	2012-13
22	Crude Birth Rate, Rural (per 1000)	26.0	24.3	AHS	2010-11
23	Crude Birth Rate, Urban (per 1000)	18.7	19.4	AHS	2012-13
24	Crude Death Rate, Total (per 1000)	6.7	6.0	AHS	2010-11
25	Crude Death Rate, Rural (per 1000)	7.1	6.4	AHS	2012-13
26	Crude Death Rate, Urban (per 1000)	6.4	5.7	AHS	2010-11
27	Total Fertility Rate	3.0	2.7	AHS	2012-13
28	Wealth Index-lowest (20%)	31.6	20.0	AHS	2010-11
29	Wealth Index-Highest (20%)	11.7	20.0	AHS	2012-13
30	Work Participation rate (15 Years and above)	46.5	45.7	AHS	2010-11

Last Modified : 9/15/2020

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