# Durgapur Village, Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,119 people in 230 households**, the 75th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,119people (2011)
- 230households
- 91.0%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 77 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**38%

Tap water ****13%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****62%**

**59%

Television ****39%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.0%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****710**

**972

Working population ****35.3%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 83.8% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (10%) · **■** Household industry 32 (8%) · **■** Other work 129 (33%) · **■** Marginal 145 (37%)

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 Daspur - I

- Barjalalpur1,155 people
- Balitora1,152 people
- Gokulnagar1,138 people
- Hosenpur1,133 people
- Majlishpur1,119 people
- Bar Kashimpur1,110 people
- Kaliakundu1,097 people
- Jagannath Bati1,095 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?91.0% (Census 2011)