About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a large village in Kasmar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,926, made up of 1,472 males and 1,454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 824.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Kasmar
Pincode	829115
Area (hectares)	824.8 hectares
Population	2,926
Male Population	1,472
Female Population	1,454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 7th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 824.8 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

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 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 26 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Barlanga, 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	Kasmar	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Barlanga	16 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	21 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	26 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kasmar 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 2,926. That makes it the 7th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Durgapur village has 1,472 males and 1,454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 829115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 824.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Barlanga, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 26 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kasmar is about 4.1 km away. Barlanga is about 16 km away. Kathhāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.