# Durgapur Village, Soraon, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Soraon, Allahabad 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Soraon sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **568 people in 86 households**, the 334th largest of 404 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 568people (2011)
- 86households
- 79.3%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Soraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**89%

Use banking services ****67%**

**76%

Television ****37%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**7%

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 · ■ Soraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**909

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 67.1% for women. 45% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 178 (94%)

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 Soraon

- Jajapur595 people
- Rohi588 people
- Gariyava586 people
- Dharwandpur578 people
- Jagdishpur Purabnara568 people
- Saraibhogi562 people
- Alipur556 people
- Rasulpur Chandhan545 people

[All 443 villages in Soraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/soraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Allahabad district (Soraon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?79.3% (Census 2011)