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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,185, made up of 616 males and 569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733121
Area (hectares) 200.42 hectares
Population 1,185
Male Population 616
Female Population 569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 57th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 200.42 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dhandail, Dharmadanga, Dikul and Domnhar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 1,185. That makes it the 57th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Durgapur village has 616 males and 569 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, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 733121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 200.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Durgapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Durgapur is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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