# Purbba Durgapur Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Purbba Durgapur

Purbba Durgapur is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,537 people in 494 households**, the 19th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,537people (2011)
- 494households
- 74.8%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Durgapur in 2011, 75 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Durgapur · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**36%

Tap water ****40%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**25%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**81%

Use banking services ****29%**

**49%

Television ****26%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**11%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Purbba Durgapur?

■ Purbba Durgapur · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1216**

**952

Working population ****37.4%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 71.3% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 186 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (26%) · **■** Household industry 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 286 (30%) · **■** Marginal 204 (21%)

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 Jangipara

- Radhanagar2,736 people
- Jangipara2,700 people
- Nilarpur2,692 people
- Atpur2,623 people
- Ganeshbati2,429 people
- Shirirampur2,424 people
- Anarbati2,412 people
- Baganda2,374 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Durgapur?2,537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Durgapur in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Durgapur?74.8% (Census 2011)