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About Durjanpur Village

Durjanpur is a large village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,703, made up of 1,385 males and 1,318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 734.79 hectares hectares.

Durjanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durjanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 734.79 hectares
Population 2,703
Male Population 1,385
Female Population 1,318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durjanpur compares

By the 2011 count Durjanpur is the 12th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 734.79 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Durjanpur

Durjanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durjanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Durjanpur from other places

Durjanpur lies about 38 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 10 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 Durjanpur
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Ghunwara Railway Station 10 km
Nearest town Maihar 25 km
District headquarters Katni 38 km

Villages closest to Durjanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durjanpur village had a population of 2,703. That makes it the 12th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Durjanpur village has 1,385 males and 1,318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durjanpur has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Durjanpur covers 734.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durjanpur falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durjanpur is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 10 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 village for Durjanpur.

Durjanpur is about 38 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durjanpur is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Vijayraghavgarh is about 9.6 km away. Ghunwara Railway Station is about 10 km away. Maihar 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 Dhanwahi (2.2 km), Harraiya (2.4 km) and Karitalai (3.5 km).

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

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