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About Durku Village

Durku is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,617, made up of 796 males and 821 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durku village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 832102
Area (hectares) 296 hectares
Population 1,617
Male Population 796
Female Population 821
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Durku compares

By the 2011 count Durku is the 21st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 296 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Durku

Durku is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durku 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Doyarsini, Dudhkundi, Dukurdiha and Dumurbera. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Durku

As per the Census of India 2011, Durku village had a population of 1,617. That makes it the 21st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Durku village has 796 males and 821 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durku has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Durku is 832102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durku covers 296 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durku falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Durku notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Durku.

Durku is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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