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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a small village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 131 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742226, 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 Murshidabad
Tehsil Sagardighi
Pincode 742226
Area (hectares) 32.22 hectares
Population 248
Male Population 131
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 152nd largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 32.22 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Durgapur

The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within <5 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 <5 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 40 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Takipur, about 2.0 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 Takipur 2.0 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagardighi 20 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 40 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagardighi 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 248. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Durgapur village has 131 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 742226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 32.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Takipur, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 40 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Takipur is about 2.0 km away. Nalhāti is about 7.1 km away. Sagardighi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Buzrug Debagram (3.0 km), Dakshin Debagram (3.0 km) and Uttar Debagram (3.0 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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