# Durgapur, Kandi, Murshidabad – Population & Literacy (2)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in [Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/) sub-district of [Murshidabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,160 people in 284 households**, the 57th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,160people (2011)
- 284households
- 67.8%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**13%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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+) ****67.8%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**963

Working population ****32.8%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 59.5% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 170 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 73 (19%) · **■** Marginal 29 (8%)

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

- Bhabanandapur1,402 people
- Bahadurpur1,269 people
- Harinagar1,263 people
- Anukha1,256 people
- Bajedohalia1,156 people
- Dakshin Lakshminarayanpur1,152 people
- Asua1,105 people
- Manoharpur1,104 people

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

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,160 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?67.8% (Census 2011)