About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a large village in Giriak tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,242, made up of 1,623 males and 1,619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Giriak
Area (hectares)	258 hectares
Population	3,242
Male Population	1,623
Female Population	1,619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 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 the 11th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,421 residents. Its 258 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

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 - 10 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 22 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Karahdih, about 9.5 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	Giriak	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Karahdih	9.5 km
Nearest town	Silao	10 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	22 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Giriak 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 3,242. That makes it the 11th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,421 residents.

Durgapur village has 1,623 males and 1,619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Durgapur covers 258 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Giriak tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Karahdih, about 9.5 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 village for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 22 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Giriak tehsil of Nalanda district. Giriak is about 2.7 km away. Karahdih is about 9.5 km away. Silao is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.