About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,055, made up of 551 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494337
Area (hectares)	384.38 hectares
Population	1,055
Male Population	551
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 33rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 384.38 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

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. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 82 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 66 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	Pakhanjur	16 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	50 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	66 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	82 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakhanjur 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 1,055. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Durgapur village has 551 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 494337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 384.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Keoti, about 66 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 82 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 16 km away. Garhchiroli is about 50 km away. Keoti is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.