# Durgapur Village, Budge Budge - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Budge Budge - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,364 people in 771 households**, the 3rd largest of 13 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.7%.

- 3,364people (2011)
- 771households
- 81.3%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Budge Budge - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**28%

Tap water ****6%**

**24%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**82%

Use banking services ****45%**

**46%

Television ****34%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Budge Budge - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**80.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****756**

**921

Working population ****34.3%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 76.8% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 643 (56%) · **■** Marginal 177 (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 Budge Budge - I

- Jamalpur4,857 people
- Jagatballavpur3,653 people
- Chingripota3,003 people
- Chak Nabasan2,958 people
- Sontoshpur2,808 people
- Betuabati2,100 people

[All 13 villages in Budge Budge - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?3,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?81.3% (Census 2011)