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Durgapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Durgapur is a large village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 429 families residing. The Durgapur village has population of 2194 of which 1099 are males while 1095 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durgapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 12.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durgapur village is 996 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Durgapur as per census is 785, 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 87.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Durgapur Male literacy stands at 94.11 % while female literacy rate was 80.16 %.

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 429 - -
Population 2,194 1,099 1,095
Child (0-6) 266 149 117
Schedule Caste 113 57 56
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 87.03 % 94.11 % 80.16 %
Total Workers 701 606 95
Main Worker 437 - -
Marginal Worker 264 201 63

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.46 % of total population in Durgapur village.

Work Profile

In Durgapur village out of total population, 701 were engaged in work activities. 62.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 701 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.