# Durgapur Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,650 people in 516 households**, the 37th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,650people (2011)
- 516households
- 74.4%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**37%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**16%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**28%

Television ****7%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**962

Working population ****34.7%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 66.6% for women. 54% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 196 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 280 (30%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 290 (32%) · **■** Marginal 142 (15%)

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 Bhangar - I

- Amreswar2,899 people
- Dakshin Rajapur2,865 people
- Kanjdia2,685 people
- Hariharpur2,653 people
- Bausahar2,635 people
- Andulgari2,602 people
- Bakri2,518 people
- Dakshin Kasipur2,451 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?2,650 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?74.4% (Census 2011)