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Durgapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Durgapur is a large village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 537 families residing. The Durgapur village has population of 2536 of which 1312 are males while 1224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durgapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 320 which makes up 12.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durgapur village is 933 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Durgapur as per census is 1013, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Durgapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Durgapur village was 84.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Durgapur Male literacy stands at 88.90 % while female literacy rate was 78.74 %.

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 537 - -
Population 2,536 1,312 1,224
Child (0-6) 320 159 161
Schedule Caste 553 310 243
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.03 % 88.90 % 78.74 %
Total Workers 720 673 47
Main Worker 308 - -
Marginal Worker 412 397 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.81 % of total population in Durgapur village. The village Durgapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Durgapur village out of total population, 720 were engaged in work activities. 42.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 720 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.