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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Bengtol tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,484, made up of 754 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.01 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Chirang
Tehsil Bengtol
Area (hectares) 301.01 hectares
Population 1,484
Male Population 754
Female Population 730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 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 among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 584 residents. Its 301.01 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

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 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 5.2 km from Chirang, 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
District headquarters Chirang 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bengtol 12 km
Nearest railway station Chaprakata 15 km
Nearest town Bongaigaon 17 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

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

Common questions about Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 1,484. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 584 residents.

Durgapur village has 754 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

Durgapur covers 301.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Bengtol tehsil of Chirang 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 5.2 km from Chirang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Bengtol tehsil of Chirang district. Chirang is about 5.2 km away. Bengtol is about 12 km away. Chaprakata is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aie Nadi Dhubri No 1 (11 km), Aie Nadi Dhubri No 2 (11 km) and Aie Nadi Dhubri No 3 (11 km).

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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