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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a large village in Silchar tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,038, made up of 1,064 males and 974 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204.28 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Silchar
Area (hectares) 204.28 hectares
Population 2,038
Male Population 1,064
Female Population 974
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 74th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 204.28 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dudhpatil Pt Vii, Dudhpatil Pt Viii, Durbin Tilla Punji and Durgacharra Punjee. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 2,038. That makes it the 74th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Durgapur village has 1,064 males and 974 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Durgapur covers 204.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Silchar tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The census record for Durgapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Durgapur.

Durgapur is in Silchar tehsil of Cachar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Durgapur today is likely to be higher.

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