# Bara Durgapur Village, Kumarganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bara Durgapur

Bara Durgapur is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **551 people in 122 households**, the 119th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 551people (2011)
- 122households
- 63.3%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Bara Durgapur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Durgapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****9%**

**25%

Television ****3%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bara Durgapur?

■ Bara Durgapur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**951

Working population ****45.6%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 57.1% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (41%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 61 (24%)

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 Kumarganj

- Amrulbari573 people
- Sahabazpur573 people
- Kharail Chandpur564 people
- Utrail552 people
- Uttar Keshabpur536 people
- Barail527 people
- Mahadebpur513 people
- Dakshin Keshabpur506 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Durgapur?551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Durgapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Durgapur?63.3% (Census 2011)