# Durga Village, Baruipur – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Durga

Durga is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,446 people in 307 households**, the 73rd largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,446people (2011)
- 307households
- 71.8%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durga

Of every 100 households in Durga in 2011, 92 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durga · ■ Baruipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**35%

Tap water ****1%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**14%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****11%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Durga?

■ Durga · ■ Baruipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**954

Working population ****56.3%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 70.7% for women. 59% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (7%) · **■** Other work 172 (21%) · **■** Marginal 579 (71%)

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 Baruipur

- Jamalhati1,662 people
- Dakshin Kalyanpur1,638 people
- Sankarpur1,630 people
- Shrirampur1,626 people
- Bagdaha1,443 people
- Paschim Mallikpur1,436 people
- Surjapur1,434 people
- Nachangachha1,396 people

[All 126 villages in Baruipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/baruipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durga?1,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durga in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durga?71.8% (Census 2011)