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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 343 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721426, 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 Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Dantan I
Pincode 721426
Area (hectares) 62.69 hectares
Population 644
Male Population 343
Female Population 301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ 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 98th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 62.69 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Durgapur

The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dhalhara, Dhanhalia, Dhunria and Dobisa. 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 644. That makes it the 98th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Durgapur village has 343 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 721426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 62.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Durgapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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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