# Durgu Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Durgu

Durgu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,462 people in 446 households**, the 13th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,462people (2011)
- 446households
- 67.7%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgu

Of every 100 households in Durgu in 2011, 26 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durgu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**96%

Tap water ****6%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****4%**

**80%

Use banking services ****53%**

**30%

Television ****14%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****23%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**973

Working population ****55.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 41.9% for women. 55% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (3%) · **■** Household industry 749 (55%) · **■** Other work 123 (9%) · **■** Marginal 361 (27%)

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 - II

- Buruhara Alias Majhidi2,753 people
- Murguma2,749 people
- Dimu2,471 people
- Matkuma2,465 people
- Rigid2,312 people
- Jiudaru2,232 people
- Mutukura2,185 people
- Chiruhatu2,180 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgu?2,462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgu?67.7% (Census 2011)