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About Purba Durgapur Village

Purba Durgapur is a mid sized village in Diamond Harbour I tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,784, made up of 924 males and 860 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743368, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Durgapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Diamond Harbour I
Pincode 743368
Area (hectares) 111.2 hectares
Population 1,784
Male Population 924
Female Population 860
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purba Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Durgapur is the 34th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,017 residents. Its 111.2 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Purba Durgapur

Purba Durgapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purba 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purba Durgapur from other places

Purba Durgapur lies about 17 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Netra, about 2.1 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 Purba Durgapur
Nearest railway station Netra 2.1 km
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Diamond Harbour I 17 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 17 km

Villages closest to Purba Durgapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Durgapur village had a population of 1,784. That makes it the 34th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,017 residents.

Purba Durgapur village has 924 males and 860 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Durgapur has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Purba Durgapur is 743368. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Durgapur covers 111.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Durgapur falls under Diamond Harbour I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Durgapur is Netra, about 2.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purba Durgapur.

Purba Durgapur is about 17 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Durgapur is in Diamond Harbour I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Netra is about 2.1 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 7.5 km away. Diamond Harbour I is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chousa (under 2 km), Naogan Sitagachhi (under 2 km) and Dakshin Diarak (under 2 km).

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

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