About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is one of the larger villages in Barari tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,741, made up of 4,032 males and 3,709 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Barari
Area (hectares)	535 hectares
Population	7,741
Male Population	4,032
Female Population	3,709
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 14th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 6,044 residents. Its 535 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

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 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 43 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Raghubans Nagar, about 17 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	Raghubans Nagar	17 km
Nearest town	Bihārīganj	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barari	26 km
District headquarters	Katihar	43 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barari 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 7,741. That makes it the 14th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,044 residents.

Durgapur village has 4,032 males and 3,709 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Durgapur covers 535 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Barari tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Raghubans Nagar, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 43 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Barari tehsil of Katihar district. Raghubans Nagar is about 17 km away. Bihārīganj is about 20 km away. Barari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.