About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a small village in Kundhit tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 171 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Kundhit
Pincode	821530
Area (hectares)	216.88 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	171
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
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 88th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 550 residents. Its 216.88 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

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 32 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	22 km
Nearest town	Dumka	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundhit	32 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	32 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kundhit 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 352. That makes it the 88th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 550 residents.

Durgapur village has 171 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 821530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 216.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durgapur falls under Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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 32 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 22 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Kundhit is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.