About Durgam Village

Durgam is a large village in Gandhari tehsil, in the district of Nizamabad, Telangana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,276, made up of 1,165 males and 1,111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 503114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgam village
Description	Value
State	Telangana
District	Nizamabad
Tehsil	Gandhari
Pincode	503114
Area (hectares)	1106 hectares
Population	2,276
Male Population	1,165
Female Population	1,111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgam compares

By the 2011 count Durgam is the 9th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 1106 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Durgam

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

Durgam lies about 24 km from Nizamabad, and the nearest railway station is Sirnapalli, about 17 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 Durgam
Tehsil headquarters	Gandhari	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sirnapalli	17 km
District headquarters	Nizamabad	24 km
Nearest town	Nizāmābād	24 km

Villages closest to Durgam

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

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Common questions about Durgam

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgam village had a population of 2,276. That makes it the 9th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Durgam village has 1,165 males and 1,111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgam has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Durgam is 503114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgam covers 1106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgam falls under Gandhari tehsil of Nizamabad district in Telangana.

The nearest railway station to Durgam is Sirnapalli, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Durgam.

Durgam is about 24 km from Nizamabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgam is in Gandhari tehsil of Nizamabad district. Gandhari is about 7.2 km away. Sirnapalli is about 17 km away. Nizamabad is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.