# Durgapur Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,516 people in 292 households**, the 72nd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 1,516people (2011)
- 292households
- 53.1%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Durgapur PIN code and other codes

Durgapur falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhuna Majgawan
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222204

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?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)31 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)31 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 **paddy**. About 90% of the 175 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 hectares are irrigated.

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, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****13%**

**17%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.1%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**961

Working population ****28.8%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 45.0% for women. 45% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 291 (67%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 100 (23%)

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 Jokihat

- Domahana1,675 people
- Jahanpur1,653 people
- Chikania1,623 people
- Jokihat1,589 people
- Parha1,491 people
- Rani Istamrar1,414 people
- Dhanpura1,377 people
- Bankora1,275 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Durgapur from Araria?31 km by road
- What is the population of Durgapur?1,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?53.1% (Census 2011)