# Purba Durgapur Village, Falta – Population & Literacy

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Durgapur

Purba Durgapur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,073 people in 541 households**, the 41st largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,073people (2011)
- 541households
- 83.2%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Purba Durgapur in 2011, 74 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Purba Durgapur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**91%

Use banking services ****27%**

**37%

Television ****49%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1146**

**965

Working population ****42.8%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 75.5% for women. 62% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (15%) · **■** Household industry 71 (8%) · **■** Other work 551 (62%) · **■** Marginal 52 (6%)

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 Falta

- Basudebpur2,234 people
- Rasulpur2,202 people
- Harindanga2,171 people
- Kalagachhia2,096 people
- Jamira2,067 people
- Paikan2,007 people
- Padmapur1,971 people
- Satal1,971 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Durgapur?2,073 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Durgapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Durgapur?83.2% (Census 2011)