# Purba Durgapur Village, Kaliaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Durgapur

Purba Durgapur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **871 people in 222 households**, the 100th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 871people (2011)
- 222households
- 58.5%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Purba Durgapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Durgapur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

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 Purba Durgapur?

■ Purba Durgapur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**969

Working population ****39.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 44.6% for women. 54% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 45 (13%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Balabanda893 people
- Dhabail890 people
- Biswanathpur877 people
- Gangua876 people
- Sadipur865 people
- Dakshin Gauripur864 people
- Ramkrishnapur830 people
- Hazratpur827 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Durgapur?871 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Durgapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Durgapur?58.5% (Census 2011)