# Durgapur Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,624 people in 382 households**, the 62nd largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,624people (2011)
- 382households
- 78.4%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**33%

Television ****16%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

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 · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**979

Working population ****41.7%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 69.1% for women. 57% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 74 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (12%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 293 (43%) · **■** Marginal 204 (30%)

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 Gazole

- Lakshmipur1,669 people
- Goalnagra1,661 people
- Musidhap1,656 people
- Doas1,643 people
- Khod Malancha1,585 people
- Chhilimpur1,516 people
- Dalilpur1,507 people
- Parahar1,478 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?78.4% (Census 2011)