# Durgapur Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,056 people in 498 households**, the 40th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,056people (2011)
- 498households
- 73.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**43%

Tap water ****36%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**74%

Use banking services ****19%**

**39%

Television ****17%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**973

Working population ****43.7%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 63.9% for women. 65% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 234 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 317 (35%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 173 (19%) · **■** Marginal 164 (18%)

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 Memari - I

- Amudpur2,331 people
- Nishiragar2,154 people
- Kailashpur2,141 people
- Gobindapur2,077 people
- Dilalpur2,042 people
- Sankarpur1,925 people
- Belut1,902 people
- Gouripur1,852 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?2,056 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?73.2% (Census 2011)