Dudhani, Dumka

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

Location
Dudhani is located at 24.27837°N, 87.24078°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.

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.

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 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.

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.