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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Mankapur tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,605, made up of 834 males and 771 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.73 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Mankapur
Area (hectares) 231.73 hectares
Population 1,605
Male Population 834
Female Population 771
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 126th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents. Its 231.73 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 39 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Maskanwa, about 6.2 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 Maskanwa 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mankapur 11 km
Nearest town Utraula 30 km
District headquarters Gonda 39 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mankapur 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 1,605. That makes it the 126th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents.

Durgapur village has 834 males and 771 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Durgapur covers 231.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Maskanwa, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Durgapur is about 39 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district. Maskanwa is about 6.2 km away. Mankapur is about 11 km away. Utraula is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandrahi (under 2 km), Banrahi (under 2 km) and Paltipur (under 2 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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