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Purba Durgapur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Purba Durgapur is a large village located in Falta Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 541 families residing. The Purba Durgapur village has population of 2073 of which 1045 are males while 1028 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purba Durgapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 9.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purba Durgapur village is 984 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purba Durgapur as per census is 1146, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purba Durgapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purba Durgapur village was 83.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purba Durgapur Male literacy stands at 90.73 % while female literacy rate was 75.49 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Purba Durgapur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Purba Durgapur village.

Purba Durgapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 541 - -
Population 2,073 1,045 1,028
Child (0-6) 206 96 110
Schedule Caste 993 484 509
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.24 % 90.73 % 75.49 %
Total Workers 888 644 244
Main Worker 836 - -
Marginal Worker 52 39 13

Caste Factor

In Purba Durgapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.90 % of total population in Purba Durgapur village. The village Purba Durgapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purba Durgapur village out of total population, 888 were engaged in work activities. 94.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 888 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.