# Durgapur Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,757 people in 373 households**, the 26th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,757people (2011)
- 373households
- 95.6%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**34%

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

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****73%**

**35%

Television ****23%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**30%

Own their home ****83%**

**94%

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 · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.6%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****752**

**949

Working population ****30.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.9% for men and 93.2% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 124 (23%) · **■** Marginal 334 (63%)

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 Deshopran

- Jhawa1,813 people
- Kajla1,810 people
- Maishamura1,792 people
- Hinchi1,782 people
- Gobindaberabar1,754 people
- Purba Gopinathpur1,732 people
- Gopalchak1,690 people
- Paschim Purushottampur1,682 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?1,757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?95.6% (Census 2011)