About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 118 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	159.97 hectares
Population	221
Male Population	118
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 169th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 159.97 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

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 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 11 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.6 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	Bengabad	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	5.6 km
District headquarters	Giridih	11 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bengabad 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 221. That makes it the 169th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Durgapur village has 118 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 159.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durgapur falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.6 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 11 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 3.1 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 5.6 km away. Giridih is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.