About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a small village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 80 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,300 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Tehsil	Lakhipur
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	184
Male Population	80
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,300
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 364th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 38 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Vangaichungpao, about 20 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	Vangaichungpao	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhipur	24 km
District headquarters	Cachar	38 km
Nearest town	Silchar	40 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhipur 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 184. That makes it the 364th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Durgapur village has 80 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 1300 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Durgapur covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durgapur falls under Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Vangaichungpao, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 38 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Vangaichungpao is about 20 km away. Lakhipur is about 24 km away. Cachar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.