# Durgamahal Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Durgamahal

Durgamahal is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **632 people in 115 households**, the 87th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 632people (2011)
- 115households
- 74.0%literacy
- 1,072females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgamahal

Of every 100 households in Durgamahal in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Durgamahal · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**8%

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

**2%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****98%**

**47%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Durgamahal?

■ Durgamahal · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1072**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1320**

**968

Working population ****29.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 60.2% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 55 (29%) · **■** Marginal 70 (37%)

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 Para

- Panara749 people
- Hatimara726 people
- Thakurdi676 people
- Sidhabari657 people
- Bhatdi629 people
- Sidhpur593 people
- Sindurpur590 people
- Pathakdi582 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgamahal?632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgamahal in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgamahal?74.0% (Census 2011)