# Durgapur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,191 people in 491 households**, the 38th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,191people (2011)
- 491households
- 75.6%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**96%

Use banking services ****29%**

**16%

Television ****36%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**955

Working population ****36.1%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 67.3% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (17%) · **■** Household industry 29 (4%) · **■** Other work 333 (42%) · **■** Marginal 98 (12%)

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 Itahar

- Purba Durlabhpur2,365 people
- Tharais2,309 people
- Kurmanpur2,263 people
- Bimalpara2,231 people
- Parbbatipur2,189 people
- Ghera2,180 people
- Bhadrashila2,166 people
- Ghritatala2,133 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?2,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?75.6% (Census 2011)