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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,127, made up of 559 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721401, 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 Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Contai I
Pincode 721401
Area (hectares) 70.44 hectares
Population 1,127
Male Population 559
Female Population 568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
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 44th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 70.44 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

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 29 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Barda, about 6.5 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 Barda 6.5 km
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Contai I 29 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 29 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

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

Common questions about Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 1,127. That makes it the 44th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Durgapur village has 559 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 721401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 70.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Durgapur falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Barda, about 6.5 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 29 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Barda is about 6.5 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 11 km away. Contai I is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paschim Chandanpur (1.7 km), Kulbaria (2.5 km) and Mukundapur (2.7 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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