# Durgapur Village, Samserganj, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Samserganj, Murshidabad 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Samserganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,169 people in 878 households**, the 10th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 4,169people (2011)
- 878households
- 55.6%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Samserganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**69%

Use banking services ****54%**

**35%

Television ****20%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**37%

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 · ■ Samserganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**977

Working population ****46.4%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 46.9% for women. 49% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (0%) · **■** Household industry 723 (37%) · **■** Other work 352 (18%) · **■** Marginal 844 (44%)

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 Samserganj

- Adwaita Nagar6,176 people
- Chandni Daha5,996 people
- Umarpur5,785 people
- Balbalpara5,207 people
- Mahisha Thali3,837 people
- Alamsahi3,693 people
- Jaladipur3,319 people
- Sikdapur2,691 people

[All 33 villages in Samserganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/samserganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?4,169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Murshidabad district (Samserganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?55.6% (Census 2011)