# Durgapur Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **918 people in 201 households**, the 68th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 26.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 918people (2011)
- 201households
- 26.3%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****10%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****61%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****26.3%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**953

Working population ****31.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 28.8% for men and 23.7% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (48%) · **■** Other work 40 (14%) · **■** Marginal 92 (32%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Gopalpur977 people
- Dumro946 people
- Lalganj930 people
- Harishpara920 people
- Uttar Rasulpur917 people
- Dhunriban902 people
- Bhandaria887 people
- Uttar Pranpur809 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?918 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?26.3% (Census 2011)