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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Bilhaur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,607, made up of 873 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Bilhaur
Area (hectares) 172 hectares
Population 1,607
Male Population 873
Female Population 734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 96th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 62 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Mani Mau, about 2.8 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 Mani Mau 2.8 km
Nearest town Kannauj 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bilhaur 19 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 62 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bilhaur 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 1,607. That makes it the 96th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents.

Durgapur village has 873 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 868.

Durgapur covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Mani Mau, about 2.8 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 for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 62 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Mani Mau is about 2.8 km away. Kannauj is about 9.6 km away. Bilhaur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadanpur Ahar (under 2 km), Katri Baruwa Khurd (2.2 km) and Takipur (4.6 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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