About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,057, made up of 587 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 801 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.9 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sasaram
Area (hectares)	87.9 hectares
Population	1,057
Male Population	587
Female Population	470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	801
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 71st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 87.9 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

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
Tehsil headquarters	Sasaram	7.0 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	7.0 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 Sasaram 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 1,057. That makes it the 71st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Durgapur village has 587 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 801 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Durgapur covers 87.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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