# Durganagar Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Durganagar

Durganagar is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,693 people in 365 households**, the 31st largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 1,693people (2011)
- 365households
- 85.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durganagar

Of every 100 households in Durganagar in 2011, 44 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durganagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Durganagar?

■ Durganagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.1%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**959

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 79.6% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 133 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 267 (48%) · **■** Marginal 136 (24%)

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 Namkhana

- Mousani3,578 people
- Madanganj3,143 people
- Debnibas2,711 people
- Maharajaganj2,185 people
- Iswaripur1,368 people
- Narayanganj1,352 people
- Lakshmipur Abad1,176 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durganagar?1,693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durganagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durganagar?85.1% (Census 2011)