About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Bijni tehsil, in the district of Bongaigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 291 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.62 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Bongaigaon
Tehsil	Bijni
Area (hectares)	293.62 hectares
Population	595
Male Population	291
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 202nd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents. Its 293.62 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durgapur from other places

Durgapur lies about 17 km from Bongaigaon, and the nearest railway station is Chaprakata, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Durgapur
Nearest railway station	Chaprakata	15 km
District headquarters	Bongaigaon	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bijni	18 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bijni tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 595. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents.

Durgapur village has 291 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Durgapur covers 293.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Bijni tehsil of Bongaigaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Chaprakata, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 17 km from Bongaigaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Bijni tehsil of Bongaigaon district. Chaprakata is about 15 km away. Bongaigaon is about 17 km away. Bijni is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.