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About Durga Pur Village

Durga Pur is a mid sized village in Bausi tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 560, made up of 273 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24 hectares hectares.

Durga Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durga Pur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Bausi
Area (hectares) 24 hectares
Population 560
Male Population 273
Female Population 287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Durga Pur compares

By the 2011 count Durga Pur is the 67th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 24 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Durga Pur

Durga Pur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durga Pur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durga Pur from other places

Durga Pur lies about 16 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 2.1 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 Durga Pur
Tehsil headquarters Bausi 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Mandar Hill 2.1 km
District headquarters Banka 16 km
Nearest town Bānka 16 km

Villages closest to Durga Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bausi 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 Durga Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durga Pur village had a population of 560. That makes it the 67th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Durga Pur village has 273 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durga Pur has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Durga Pur covers 24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Durga Pur falls under Bausi tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durga Pur is Mandar Hill, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Durga Pur.

Durga Pur is about 16 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durga Pur is in Bausi tehsil of Banka district. Bausi is about 2.1 km away. Mandar Hill is about 2.1 km away. Banka is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suja Pur (under 2 km), Nayagaon (under 2 km) and Nima (under 2 km).

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

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