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About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a large village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,203, made up of 1,627 males and 1,576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Mandirbazar
Pincode 743336
Area (hectares) 47.62 hectares
Population 3,203
Male Population 1,627
Female Population 1,576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
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 Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 13th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 47.62 hectares work out to about 67 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 948.

Getting to Durgapur

The census records public bus service for 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 <5 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 10 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmikantapur, about under 2 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 Lakshmikantapur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandirbazar 10 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 10 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 13 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandirbazar 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 3,203. That makes it the 13th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Durgapur village has 1,627 males and 1,576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 743336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 47.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 67 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Lakshmikantapur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 10 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.

Durgapur is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Lakshmikantapur is about under 2 km away. Mandirbazar is about 10 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baidyapur (under 2 km), Mirpur (under 2 km) and Ramlochanpur (under 2 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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