About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Soraon tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 292 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 329th largest of the 398 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,909 residents. Its 39.12 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Durgapur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durgapur from other places

Durgapur lies about 21 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Atrampur, 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.

Villages closest to Durgapur

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

• Sangipur under 2 km
• Sarai Bharat Urf Holagarh under 2 km
• Sultanpur Akbar under 2 km
• Bhuwanpur under 2 km
• Imam Kulipur under 2 km
• Jadopur under 2 km

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.