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About Durgu Village

Durgu is a mid sized village in Jhalda I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 853, made up of 453 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgu village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda I
Pincode 723212
Area (hectares) 103.57 hectares
Population 853
Male Population 453
Female Population 400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
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 Durgu compares

By the 2011 count Durgu is the 57th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 103.57 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Durgu

The census records public bus service for Durgu 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. The nearest villages by name are Dulla, Dulmi, Dumardi and Dumaria. 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 Durgu

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgu village had a population of 853. That makes it the 57th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Durgu village has 453 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgu has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Durgu is 723212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgu covers 103.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgu falls under Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Durgu notes the nearest railway station 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 Durgu.

Durgu is in Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya 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 Durgu today is likely to be higher.

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