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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Dehri tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,461, made up of 755 males and 706 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Dehri
Area (hectares) 170 hectares
Population 1,461
Male Population 755
Female Population 706
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
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 40th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

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 41 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Karwandia, about 2.0 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 Karwandia 2.0 km
Nearest town Sasarām 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Dehri 11 km
District headquarters Rohtas 41 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dehri 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 1,461. That makes it the 40th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents.

Durgapur village has 755 males and 706 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Durgapur covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Karwandia, about 2.0 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 41 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district. Karwandia is about 2.0 km away. Sasarām is about 7.0 km away. Dehri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahdewa (3.2 km), Chormara (3.4 km) and Jamuhar (3.7 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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