About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Kochadhamin tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 789, made up of 410 males and 379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.87 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Kochadhamin
Area (hectares)	85.87 hectares
Population	789
Male Population	410
Female Population	379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
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 104th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents. Its 85.87 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

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 17 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Tauheed, about 16 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kochadhamin	6.2 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Tauheed	16 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	17 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kochadhamin 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 789. That makes it the 104th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents.

Durgapur village has 410 males and 379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Durgapur covers 85.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Tauheed, about 16 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 17 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district. Kochadhamin is about 6.2 km away. Bahādurganj is about 7.8 km away. Tauheed is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.