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- LGD code
- 255857
- Pincode
- 824217
- Post office
- Bankey Bajar
- Population
- 298
- Households
- 56
- Literacy rate
- 41.3%
- Sex ratio
- 898 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 165
- Distance to district centre
- 96 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 101 km
- Distance to Patna
- 116 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 355 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baghi Bardiha · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Tajpur · 27 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dumri compares
By population, Dumri ranks #88 of 99 villages in Banke Bazar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.3%
−8.5% vs mandal average
Dumri41.3%
Banke Bazar mandal49.8%
Gaya district52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
898
−43 vs mandal average
Dumri898
Banke Bazar mandal941
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.8 vs mandal average
Dumri5.3
Banke Bazar mandal6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dumri at a glance
Dumri is a village of 298 people in 56 households (Census 2011) in Banke Bazar block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 88th-largest of 99 villages in Banke Bazar block. Literacy is 41%, 9 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 898 women per 1,000 men. It lies 96 km from the Gaya district centre, 0 km from Dumri, the nearest town, 30 km from Baghi Bardiha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824217, served by Bankey Bajar post office; the LGD village code is 255857. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Tajpur, 27 km away. The village votes in Sarairanjan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 351 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dumri
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Lutua
- Total area (ha)
- 513
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 480
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dumri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dumri
- LGD code
- 255857
- Pincode
- 824217
- Post office
- Bankey Bajar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 298
- Population (projected 2026)
- 351
- Households
- 56
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 898
- Literacy rate
- 41.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.73002°N, 85.78913°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarairanjan
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Choudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Banke Bazar
- Nearest railway station
- Vidyapatidham (96.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dumri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna116 kmcapital
- Kolkata355 km
- Delhi955 km
- Hyderabad1114 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBaghi Bardiha30 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Tajpur27 km
- Petrol pumpHP36 km
- CollegeGovernment Engineering College, Sheikhpura46 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 824217
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- TanrawaBanke Bazar mandal4,617 pop
- Parsawan KhurdBanke Bazar mandal3,920 pop
- SaifganjBanke Bazar mandal3,893 pop
- JuriBanke Bazar mandal3,499 pop
- BarhetaBanke Bazar mandal3,438 pop
- ChaugainBanke Bazar mandal3,175 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)