# Durgapur Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 334 households**, the 48th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 334households
- 50.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**89%

Use banking services ****6%**

**25%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**38%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**977

Working population ****41.7%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.1% for men and 51.2% for women. 56% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (20%) · **■** Household industry 151 (21%) · **■** Other work 304 (42%) · **■** Marginal 90 (13%)

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 Lalgola

- Jot Bhikhan2,020 people
- Gayespur1,969 people
- Sarpakhia1,908 people
- Sagia1,747 people
- Kaliagachhi1,633 people
- Paranpur1,562 people
- Fatepur1,547 people
- Jagannathpur1,418 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?50.2% (Census 2011)