# Durgapur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,325 people in 296 households**, the 50th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,325people (2011)
- 296households
- 58.4%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**73%

Tap water ****2%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****33%**

**82%

Use banking services ****99%**

**61%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

Own their home ****77%**

**95%

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 · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**972

Working population ****41.5%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 48.1% for women. 56% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 385 (70%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (9%) · **■** Marginal 29 (5%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Sarbbanandapur1,349 people
- Dihipara1,348 people
- Bishnu Khanda1,346 people
- Purbba Islampur1,338 people
- Mahula1,310 people
- Rasulpur1,308 people
- Purushottampur1,267 people
- Khiruli1,237 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?58.4% (Census 2011)