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About Purba Durgapur Village

Purba Durgapur is a small village in Labpur tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 167 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Durgapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Labpur
Pincode 731214
Area (hectares) 91.1 hectares
Population 342
Male Population 167
Female Population 175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Durgapur is the 132nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 91.1 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Purba Durgapur

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

How far is Purba Durgapur from other places

Purba Durgapur lies about 29 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Karnasubarna, about 19 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 Purba Durgapur
Nearest town Kāndi 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Karnasubarna 19 km
District headquarters Birbhum 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Labpur 30 km

Villages closest to Purba Durgapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Durgapur village had a population of 342. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Purba Durgapur village has 167 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Durgapur has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Purba Durgapur is 731214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Durgapur covers 91.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purba Durgapur falls under Labpur tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Durgapur is Karnasubarna, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purba Durgapur.

Purba Durgapur is about 29 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Durgapur is in Labpur tehsil of Birbhum district. Kāndi is about 9.5 km away. Karnasubarna is about 19 km away. Birbhum is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakshin Durgapur (under 2 km), Uttar Durgapur (under 2 km) and Gopinathpur (1.9 km).

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

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