# Purba Durgapur Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Durgapur

Purba Durgapur is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 308 households**, the 34th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 308households
- 65.9%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Purba Durgapur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Durgapur · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**40%

Tap water ****36%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****5%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**44%

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 Purba Durgapur?

■ Purba Durgapur · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****799**

**977

Working population ****30.8%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 63.0% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 231 (42%) · **■** Marginal 180 (33%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Ambalhara1,855 people
- Dagira1,841 people
- Nudia1,838 people
- Parulia1,825 people
- Basuldanga1,749 people
- Chousa1,692 people
- Bhogpunji1,660 people
- Kalicharanpur1,660 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Durgapur?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Durgapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Durgapur?65.9% (Census 2011)