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Durgapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Durgapur is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 272 families residing. The Durgapur village has population of 1127 of which 559 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durgapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 9.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durgapur village is 1016 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Durgapur as per census is 797, 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 96.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Durgapur Male literacy stands at 98.40 % while female literacy rate was 95.01 %.

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 272 - -
Population 1,127 559 568
Child (0-6) 106 59 47
Schedule Caste 62 32 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 96.67 % 98.40 % 95.01 %
Total Workers 419 341 78
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 300 231 69

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.50 % 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, 419 were engaged in work activities. 28.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 419 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.