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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a mid sized village in Deshopran tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 928 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.01 hectares hectares.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Deshopran
Area (hectares) 235.01 hectares
Population 1,757
Male Population 928
Female Population 829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 26th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 235.01 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. 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 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 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 Deshopran 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 Deshopran 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 1,757. That makes it the 26th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Durgapur village has 928 males and 829 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 942.

Durgapur covers 235.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgapur falls under Deshopran 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 10+ 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 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 Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Barda is about 6.5 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 11 km away. Deshopran 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 Durgapur Part Iv (under 2 km), Kadua Mukundapur (2.7 km) and Purba 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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