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About Durgapura Village

Durgapura is a small village in Biaora tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 69 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 710 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.73 hectares hectares.

Durgapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Biaora
Area (hectares) 165.73 hectares
Population 118
Male Population 69
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 710
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapura compares

By the 2011 count Durgapura is the 252nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 811 residents. Its 165.73 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Durgapura

Durgapura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Durgapura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durgapura from other places

Durgapura lies about 27 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Biyavra Rajgarh, about 8.4 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 Durgapura
Nearest railway station Biyavra Rajgarh 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Biaora 8.5 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 27 km

Villages closest to Durgapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapura village had a population of 118. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 811 residents.

Durgapura village has 69 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapura has about 710 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Durgapura covers 165.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durgapura falls under Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durgapura is Biyavra Rajgarh, about 8.4 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Durgapura.

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

Durgapura is in Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district. Biyavra Rajgarh is about 8.4 km away. Biaora is about 8.5 km away. Rajgarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talawli (under 2 km), Dhanya Khedi (under 2 km) and Jepla (2.4 km).

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

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