# Durgapur, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in [Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **714 people in 161 households**, the 124th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 714people (2011)
- 161households
- 74.3%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****20%**

**26%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**98%

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 · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**954

Working population ****49.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 72.6% for women. 66% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 125 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (21%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 148 (42%)

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 Tapan

- Sankarbati740 people
- Anatair736 people
- Jadubati724 people
- Aichanda719 people
- Dakshin Gauripur713 people
- Chandipur700 people
- Kamdebbati698 people
- Nischinta696 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?714 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?74.3% (Census 2011)