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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Dumka}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dumka district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Jharkhand|District]] of [[Jharkhand]]
| total_type = Total
| image_map = Dumka in Jharkhand (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Dumka district in Jharkhand
| coordinates =
| image_skyline = Massanjore Dam 29.jpg
| image_caption = [[Mayurakshi River]] near [[Massanjore Dam]]
| coor_pinpoint = Dumka
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Jharkhand|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Santhal Parganas|Santhal Pargana]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Dumka]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 3716
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,321,442
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 62.54 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 974
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 4
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 =
| blank_info_sec1 =
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = {{url|dumka.nic.in}}
| official_name =
}}

'''Dumka district''' is one of the twenty-four districts of [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in eastern [[India]]. [[Dumka]] is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district covers an area of 3716.02 km{{sup|2}}. This district has a population of 1,321,442 (2011 Census).

==Economy==
In 2006, the Indian government named Dumka one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Dumka district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,321,442,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Mauritius]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=New Hampshire 1,316,470
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 370th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 300 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.39%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Dumka has a [[sex ratio]] of 974 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 62.54%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 43.2% of total population.
{{Bar box
|title=Religion in Dumka<ref name=districtcensus/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{Bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|79.06}}
{{Bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|8.09}}
{{Bar percent|Christianity|dodgerblue|6.54}}
{{Bar percent|[[Sarna sthal|Sarna]]|maroon|5.95}}
{{Bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.36}}
}}
Hindus are 79.06%, Muslims are 8.09%, Christians 6.54% and Sarna 5.95%.
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Dumka district (2011)
|label1 = [[Santali language|Santali]] |value1 = 39.71 |color1 = mediumblue
|label2 = [[Khortha language|Khortha]] |value2 = 34.44 |color2 = red
|label3 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value3 = 9.59 |color3 = gold
|label4 = [[Hindi]] |value4 = 6.64 |color4 = orange
|label5 = [[Malto language|Malto]] |value5 = 2.40 |color5 = magenta
|label6 = [[Urdu]] |value6 = 1.86 |color6 = green
|label7 = Others |value7 = 5.36 |color7 = grey
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 39.71% of the population spoke [[Santali language|Santali]], 34.44% [[Khortha language|Khortha]], 9.59% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 6.64% [[Hindi]], 2.40% [[Malto language|Malto]] and 1.86% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,17,465|13=1911|14=4,34,344|15=1921|16=4,14,970|17=1931|18=4,74,314|19=1941|20=5,16,936|21=1951|22=5,37,200|23=1961|24=6,09,812|25=1971|26=7,13,444|27=1981|28=7,80,258|29=1991|30=9,50,835|31=2001|32=11,06,521|33=2011|34=13,21,442|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==See also==
*[[Maluti temples]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* [https://dumka.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dumka district
|North = [[Godda district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Pakur district]]
|Southeast = [[Birbhum district]], [[West Bengal]]
|South = [[Jamtara district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Deoghar district]]
|Northwest = [[Banka district]], [[Bihar]]
}}

{{Districts of Jharkhand}}
{{Santhal Parganas Division}}
{{Santhal Pargana Division topics}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|24.2667|N|87.25|E|type:adm3rd_source:itwiki|display=title}}

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