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About Bara Durgapur Village

Bara Durgapur is a mid sized village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,082, made up of 540 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Durgapur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 198 hectares
Population 1,082
Male Population 540
Female Population 542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bara Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Bara Durgapur is the 20th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 198 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Bara Durgapur

Bara Durgapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bara Durgapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Bara Durgapur from other places

Bara Durgapur lies about 27 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Malahar, about 7.9 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 Bara Durgapur
Nearest railway station Malahar 7.9 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 25 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 27 km

Villages closest to Bara Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Taljhari 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 Bara Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Durgapur village had a population of 1,082. That makes it the 20th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Bara Durgapur village has 540 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Durgapur has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Bara Durgapur is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Durgapur covers 198 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Durgapur falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Durgapur is Malahar, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 10+ km distance for Bara Durgapur.

Bara Durgapur is about 27 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Durgapur is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Malahar is about 7.9 km away. Rājmahal is about 23 km away. Taljhari is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhota Durgapur (under 2 km), Maharajpur Bazar (17 km) and Chak Motijharna (17 km).

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

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