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Durgapur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Durgapur is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 123 families residing. The Durgapur village has population of 644 of which 343 are males while 301 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durgapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 12.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durgapur village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Durgapur as per census is 766, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Durgapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Durgapur village was 83.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Durgapur Male literacy stands at 92.57 % while female literacy rate was 72.83 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, 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 Durgapur village.

Durgapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 644 343 301
Child (0-6) 83 47 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 86 46 40
Literacy 83.24 % 92.57 % 72.83 %
Total Workers 288 222 66
Main Worker 140 - -
Marginal Worker 148 110 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.35 % of total population in Durgapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Durgapur village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Durgapur village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 48.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.