# Durgapur Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,127 people in 272 households**, the 44th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,127people (2011)
- 272households
- 96.7%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****64%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****797**

**956

Working population ****37.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.4% for men and 95.0% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 108 (26%) · **■** Marginal 300 (72%)

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 Contai - I

- Dulalpur1,191 people
- Rani Basan1,167 people
- Krishnachak1,158 people
- Karanji1,141 people
- Pota Pokhuria Anantarautba1,103 people
- Kholanashwari1,082 people
- Syamrai Bar1,074 people
- Kanchra Gerya1,073 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?96.7% (Census 2011)