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Durgapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Durgapur is a medium size village located in Deshopran Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 373 families residing. The Durgapur village has population of 1757 of which 928 are males while 829 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durgapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 12.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durgapur village is 893 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Durgapur as per census is 752, 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 95.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Durgapur Male literacy stands at 97.87 % while female literacy rate was 93.17 %.

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 373 - -
Population 1,757 928 829
Child (0-6) 226 129 97
Schedule Caste 66 33 33
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.62 % 97.87 % 93.17 %
Total Workers 531 502 29
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 334 311 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.76 % 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, 531 were engaged in work activities. 37.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 531 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.