About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 256 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Mahagama
Pincode	814165
Area (hectares)	96.81 hectares
Population	508
Male Population	256
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
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 107th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 96.81 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 952.

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 22 km from Godda. 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	Mahagama	3.3 km
District headquarters	Godda	22 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahagama 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 508. That makes it the 107th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Durgapur village has 256 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 814165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 96.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Durgapur notes the nearest railway station 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 22 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 3.3 km away. Godda is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.