About Durgapur Village

Durgapur is a large village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,191, made up of 1,152 males and 1,039 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733143, 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	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Itahar
Pincode	733143
Area (hectares)	92.24 hectares
Population	2,191
Male Population	1,152
Female Population	1,039
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur is the 38th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 92.24 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Durgapur

Durgapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durgapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Durgapur from other places

Durgapur lies about 47 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Raiganj, about 10 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
Tehsil headquarters	Itahar	8.8 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Raiganj	10 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	47 km

Villages closest to Durgapur

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

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Common questions about Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur village had a population of 2,191. That makes it the 38th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Durgapur village has 1,152 males and 1,039 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur is 733143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur covers 92.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Durgapur falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur is Raiganj, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Durgapur.

Durgapur is about 47 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Itahar is about 8.8 km away. Rāiganj is about 9.7 km away. Raiganj is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.