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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Pakaur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 844, made up of 417 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 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 Pakaur
Pincode 816107
Area (hectares) 144 hectares
Population 844
Male Population 417
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 69th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,620 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Durgapur

The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 2.1 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 Pakaur 2.1 km
District headquarters Pakur 2.1 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakaur 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.

Common questions about Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 844. That makes it the 69th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,620 residents.

Durgapur village has 417 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

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

Durgapur covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Pakaur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Durgapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 2.1 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 Pakaur tehsil of Pakur district. Pakaur is about 2.1 km away. Pakur is about 2.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gosainpur (under 2 km), Kadma (under 2 km) and Asandhipa (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Durgapur today is likely to be higher.

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