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

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **504 people in 111 households**, the 195th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 504people (2011)
- 111households
- 84.5%literacy
- 1,109females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 75 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**67%

Tap water ****9%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****4%**

**24%

Television ****42%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1109**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**939

Working population ****46.4%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 79.6% for women. 53% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 61 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (54%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 41 (18%)

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 Raiganj

- Kumarghari538 people
- Siagram528 people
- Samalgram521 people
- Ganeshpur516 people
- Nuripur504 people
- Shitalpur496 people
- Paschim Shankarpur480 people
- Sarua470 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?84.5% (Census 2011)