# Durgu Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Durgu

Durgu is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **853 people in 181 households**, the 58th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 853people (2011)
- 181households
- 70.4%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgu

Of every 100 households in Durgu in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durgu · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**93%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****55%**

**39%

Television ****13%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Durgu?

■ Durgu · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**946

Working population ****34.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 55.0% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 176 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (7%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 83 (28%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Saramba871 people
- Bara Ganta870 people
- Nutandi864 people
- Chaupad861 people
- Kashidi852 people
- Patmadi841 people
- Gokulnagar835 people
- Dulla808 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgu?853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgu?70.4% (Census 2011)