About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 279 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	552
Male Population	279
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 18th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

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 village. 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 39 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 29 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	Gopikandar	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	29 km
Nearest town	Pakur	35 km
District headquarters	Dumka	39 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gopikandar 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 552. That makes it the 18th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Durgapur village has 279 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Harinsing, about 29 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 39 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 9.5 km away. Harinsing is about 29 km away. Pakur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.