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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a large village in Dhaurahara tehsil, in the district of Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,312, made up of 1,207 males and 1,105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.96 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kheri
Tehsil Dhaurahara
Area (hectares) 533.96 hectares
Population 2,312
Male Population 1,207
Female Population 1,105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 89th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,912 residents. Its 533.96 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Durgapur from other places

Durgapur lies about 33 km from Kheri, and the nearest railway station is Mihinpurwa, about 31 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 town Dhaurahra 16 km
Nearest railway station Mihinpurwa 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaurahara 33 km
District headquarters Kheri 33 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhaurahara 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 2,312. That makes it the 89th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,912 residents.

Durgapur village has 1,207 males and 1,105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Durgapur covers 533.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Dhaurahara tehsil of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Mihinpurwa, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 33 km from Kheri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Dhaurahara tehsil of Kheri district. Dhaurahra is about 16 km away. Mihinpurwa is about 31 km away. Dhaurahara is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jethra (under 2 km), Dilawalpur (2.2 km) and Mudia (2.5 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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