About Durakhi Village

Durakhi is a mid sized village in Mayureswar I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 508 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731245, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durakhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durakhi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mayureswar I
Pincode	731245
Area (hectares)	226.68 hectares
Population	938
Male Population	508
Female Population	430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durakhi compares

By the 2011 count Durakhi is the 55th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 226.68 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Durakhi

Durakhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durakhi as Available within 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 Durakhi from other places

Durakhi lies about 19 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 12 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 Durakhi
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	12 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayureswar I	19 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	19 km

Villages closest to Durakhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayureswar I 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.

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Common questions about Durakhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Durakhi village had a population of 938. That makes it the 55th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Durakhi village has 508 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durakhi has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Durakhi is 731245. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durakhi covers 226.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durakhi falls under Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Durakhi is Mallarpur, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durakhi.

Durakhi is about 19 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durakhi is in Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 12 km away. Rampur Hat is about 15 km away. Mayureswar I is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.