About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a small village in Narayangarh tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 116, made up of 58 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721424, 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	Narayangarh
Pincode	721424
Area (hectares)	36.3 hectares
Population	116
Male Population	58
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 390th largest of the 446 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 618 residents. Its 36.3 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within 5 - 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 Durgapur from other places

Durgapur lies about 38 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Laban Satyagrah Smarak, about 18 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	Laban Satyagrah Smarak	18 km
Nearest town	Tamlūk	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narayangarh	35 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	38 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 116. That makes it the 390th largest of the 446 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 618 residents.

Durgapur village has 58 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 721424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 36.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Laban Satyagrah Smarak, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 38 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Narayangarh tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Laban Satyagrah Smarak is about 18 km away. Tamlūk is about 24 km away. Narayangarh is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.