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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,754, made up of 930 males and 824 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Balrampur
Tehsil Balrampur
Pincode 271201
Area (hectares) 328.9 hectares
Population 1,754
Male Population 930
Female Population 824
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 135th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,207 residents. Its 328.9 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Durgapur

The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 10+ 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durgapur from other places

Durgapur lies about 6.7 km from Balrampur, and the nearest railway station is Gainjahwa, about under 2 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 Durgapur
Nearest railway station Gainjahwa under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Balrampur 6.7 km
Nearest town Balrāmpur 6.7 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 1,754. That makes it the 135th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,207 residents.

Durgapur village has 930 males and 824 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 271201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 328.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Balrampur tehsil of Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Gainjahwa, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 6.7 km from Balrampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Balrampur tehsil of Balrampur district. Gainjahwa is about under 2 km away. Balrampur is about 6.7 km away. Balrāmpur is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gainjahwa (under 2 km), Lalnagar (under 2 km) and Mahadeo Banki (2.0 km).

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

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