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About Durjaypara Village

Durjaypara is a mid sized village in Manbazar II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 580, made up of 284 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durjaypara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durjaypara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Manbazar II
Pincode 723131
Area (hectares) 239.57 hectares
Population 580
Male Population 284
Female Population 296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durjaypara compares

By the 2011 count Durjaypara is the 72nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 239.57 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Durjaypara

Durjaypara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durjaypara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durjaypara from other places

Durjaypara lies about 25 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 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 Durjaypara
Nearest railway station Rukni Junction 6.3 km
Nearest town Raghunathpur 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Manbazar II 25 km
District headquarters Puruliya 25 km

Villages closest to Durjaypara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manbazar II 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 Durjaypara

As per the Census of India 2011, Durjaypara village had a population of 580. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Durjaypara village has 284 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durjaypara has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Durjaypara is 723131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durjaypara covers 239.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durjaypara falls under Manbazar II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Durjaypara is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durjaypara.

Durjaypara is about 25 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durjaypara is in Manbazar II tehsil of Puruliya district. Rukni Junction is about 6.3 km away. Raghunathpur is about 17 km away. Manbazar II is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Goalapara (under 2 km), Golapara (under 2 km) and Khudyapara (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Durjaypara today is likely to be higher.

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