# Durgapur Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,939 people in 930 households**, the 13th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 3,939people (2011)
- 930households
- 59.4%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**82%

Tap water ****22%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****68%**

**27%

Television ****24%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**53%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1004**

**960

Working population ****34.6%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 55.4% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (22%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 233 (17%) · **■** Marginal 626 (46%)

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 Khargram

- Parulia4,400 people
- Rahigram4,395 people
- Mahisar4,325 people
- Jatarpur4,098 people
- Bhalkundi3,837 people
- Gayespur3,768 people
- Serpur3,752 people
- Sadal3,721 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?3,939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?59.4% (Census 2011)