# Durgapur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,441 people in 322 households**, the 78th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,441people (2011)
- 322households
- 72.3%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**48%

Tap water ****2%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****22%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1212**

**962

Working population ****54.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 64.9% for women. 69% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 385 (49%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 53 (7%) · **■** Marginal 206 (26%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Kamalpur1,488 people
- Balighari1,480 people
- Bhagabanpur1,473 people
- Jolkul1,466 people
- Belgachhia1,436 people
- Gopalpur1,432 people
- Katgara1,431 people
- Kansaripur1,400 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?72.3% (Census 2011)