# Durgapur Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,390 people in 501 households**, the 28th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 2,390people (2011)
- 501households
- 72.7%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**13%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****74%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**963

Working population ****26.9%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 65.4% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 115 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 252 (39%) · **■** Other work 124 (19%) · **■** Marginal 151 (24%)

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 Kandi

- Bahara2,775 people
- Noapara2,692 people
- Sadpur2,664 people
- Chandra Prasadpur2,449 people
- Andulia2,376 people
- Gobindapur2,283 people
- Gandhorbbapur2,214 people
- Marura2,208 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?2,390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?72.7% (Census 2011)