Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur
# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 918 people in 237 households, the 55th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.
- 918 people (2011)
- 237 households
- 92.0% literacy
- 941 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Sutahata rural average
- Electricity for lighting 53% 49%
- Toilet within the home 85% 76%
- No toilet (open defecation) 15% 20%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 49% 90%
- Use banking services 23% 38%
- Television 21% 22%
- Mobile phone 36% 35%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 29% 29%
- Own their home 71% 93%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Sutahata rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 92.0% 85.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 948
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 788 974
- Working population 32.7% 32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 87.3% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 1 (0%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 40 (13%) · ■ Marginal 257 (86%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sutahata
- Uttar Basulia 1,137 people
- Bhupati Nagar 986 people
- Uttar Kalinagar 951 people
- Finga 929 people
- Simulberya 917 people
- Raynagar 895 people
- Harin Bhasha 806 people
- Fatepur 767 people

All 80 villages in Sutahata

## Other places named Durgapur
- Durgapur · Town, Barddhaman · 566,517 people
- Durgapur · Town, Chandrapur · 17,693 people
- Durgapur · Village, Barari, Katihar · 7,741 people
- Durgapur · Village, Khagaria, Khagaria · 6,034 people
- Durgapur · Village, Puraini, Madhepura · 5,802 people
- Durgapur · Village, Ratua - I, Maldah · 5,366 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Durgapur? 918 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in? Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur? 92.0% (Census 2011)

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