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Dudhani, 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 .

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.

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Area

Dudhani has an area of 1.13&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

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).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Dumka, Dudhani covered an area of 1.13&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Among the civic amenities, it had 59&nbsp;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.

Transport

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

Education

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

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

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

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