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About Durgpura Village

Durgpura is a mid sized village in Ichhawar tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 684, made up of 354 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.04 hectares hectares.

Durgpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Ichhawar
Area (hectares) 292.04 hectares
Population 684
Male Population 354
Female Population 330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgpura compares

By the 2011 count Durgpura is the 87th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 292.04 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Durgpura

Durgpura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durgpura as Available within village. 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 Durgpura from other places

Durgpura lies about 20 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Baktal, about 20 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 Durgpura
Tehsil headquarters Ichhawar 11 km
District headquarters Sehore 20 km
Nearest railway station Baktal 20 km

Villages closest to Durgpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgpura village had a population of 684. That makes it the 87th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Durgpura village has 354 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgpura has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Durgpura covers 292.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgpura falls under Ichhawar tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durgpura is Baktal, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Durgpura.

Durgpura is about 20 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgpura is in Ichhawar tehsil of Sehore district. Ichhawar is about 11 km away. Sehore is about 20 km away. Baktal is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bishan Kheda (1.7 km), Bhojpura (2.3 km) and Nagli (2.4 km).

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

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