# Durgapur Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,100 people in 476 households**, the 28th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 2,100people (2011)
- 476households
- 71.9%literacy
- 867females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**70%

Tap water ****65%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****21%**

**27%

Television ****28%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****867**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**936

Working population ****41.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 62.3% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (13%) · **■** Household industry 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 331 (38%) · **■** Marginal 308 (35%)

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 Gangarampur

- Gokulpur2,153 people
- Ratanmala2,146 people
- Nakair2,114 people
- Belasthali2,100 people
- Ramchandrapur2,082 people
- Radhanagar2,044 people
- Bikair1,921 people
- Gachiar1,908 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?2,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?71.9% (Census 2011)