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About Durgagobindopur Village

Durgagobindopur is a large village in Patharpratima tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,326, made up of 2,278 males and 2,048 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743371, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgagobindopur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgagobindopur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Patharpratima
Pincode 743371
Area (hectares) 547.56 hectares
Population 4,326
Male Population 2,278
Female Population 2,048
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgagobindopur compares

By the 2011 count Durgagobindopur is the 35th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents. Its 547.56 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Durgagobindopur

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

How far is Durgagobindopur from other places

Durgagobindopur lies about 40 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 12 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 Durgagobindopur
Tehsil headquarters Patharpratima 2.0 km
Nearest railway station Namkhana 12 km
Nearest town Haldia 37 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 40 km

Villages closest to Durgagobindopur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patharpratima 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 Durgagobindopur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgagobindopur village had a population of 4,326. That makes it the 35th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents.

Durgagobindopur village has 2,278 males and 2,048 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgagobindopur has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Durgagobindopur is 743371. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgagobindopur covers 547.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durgagobindopur falls under Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Durgagobindopur is Namkhana, about 12 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 km distance for Durgagobindopur.

Durgagobindopur is about 40 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.

Durgagobindopur is in Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Patharpratima is about 2.0 km away. Namkhana is about 12 km away. Haldia is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhab Nagar (2.4 km), Gopalnagar Dakshin (2.9 km) and Dakshin Gobindapur (2.9 km).

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

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