# Durgapur Village, Bengtol, Chirang (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Bengtol, Chirang 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Bengtol sub-district of Chirang district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,484 people in 354 households**, the 3rd largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.0%.

- 1,484people (2011)
- 354households
- 66.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Durgapur PIN code and other codes

Durgapur falls in Bengtol sub-district, Chirang district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBengtol
- Community development blockSidli-Chirang
- Census village code301854

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Durgapur from nearby towns?

- Bongaigaon (nearest town)40 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Durgapur?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Durgapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bengtol
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bengtol
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Durgapur known for?

The main crops are **jute, paddy and vegetable**. About 43% of the 301 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Bengtol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**22%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Bengtol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**59.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**946

Working population ****42.4%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 56.8% for women. 57% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (29%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 255 (41%) · **■** Marginal 38 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bengtol

- Bengtol-II2,661 people
- Nangalbhanga1,974 people
- Madyam Runikhata1,460 people
- Memerumbari1,423 people
- Gorshingpara1,284 people
- Uttar Runikhata1,251 people

[All 87 villages in Bengtol](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/chirang/bengtol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Chirang district (Bengtol sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?66.1% (Census 2011)