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About Purba Durgapur Village

Purba Durgapur is a large village in Falta tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,073, made up of 1,045 males and 1,028 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743504, 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 Falta
Pincode 743504
Area (hectares) 114.55 hectares
Population 2,073
Male Population 1,045
Female Population 1,028
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Durgapur is the 41st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 114.55 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above 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 <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 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 23 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Basuldanga, about 8.9 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 Basuldanga 8.9 km
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Falta 12 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 23 km

Villages closest to Purba Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Falta 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 2,073. That makes it the 41st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Purba Durgapur village has 1,045 males and 1,028 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Durgapur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Purba Durgapur is 743504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Durgapur covers 114.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Durgapur falls under Falta tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Durgapur is Basuldanga, about 8.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purba Durgapur.

Purba Durgapur is about 23 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 Falta tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Basuldanga is about 8.9 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 10 km away. Falta is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bayaria (under 2 km), Dostapur (under 2 km) and Aldadpur (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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