About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 281 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,153 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816107
Area (hectares)	227 hectares
Population	605
Male Population	281
Female Population	324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,153
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 119th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

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 17 km from Pakur. 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	Maheshpur	15 km
District headquarters	Pakur	17 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maheshpur 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 605. That makes it the 119th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Durgapur village has 281 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 1153 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 816107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur 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 17 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 15 km away. Pakur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.