# Durakhi Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Durakhi

Durakhi is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **938 people in 255 households**, the 55th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 938people (2011)
- 255households
- 79.7%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durakhi

Of every 100 households in Durakhi in 2011, 54 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durakhi · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**55%

Television ****20%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Durakhi?

■ Durakhi · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**975

Working population ****40.8%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 74.1% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (12%) · **■** Marginal 128 (33%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Pakhuria1,042 people
- Sandhigara1,003 people
- Mehedinagar994 people
- Dumra961 people
- Tarapur924 people
- Krishnanagar910 people
- Gadadharpur893 people
- Banaspur874 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durakhi?938 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durakhi in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durakhi?79.7% (Census 2011)