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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TAPASI AMANI
Contact: 93****1892
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- LGD code
- 325441
- Pincode
- 712407
- Post office
- Nalikul
- Population
- 868
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Sex ratio
- 899 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 303
Census 2011 · in context
How Durgapur compares
By population, Durgapur ranks #127 of 153 villages in Haripal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.2%
−7.4% vs mandal average
- Durgapur
- 63.2%
- Haripal mandal
- 70.6%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
899
−83 vs mandal average
- Durgapur
- 899
- Haripal mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Durgapur
- 4.6
- Haripal mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Durgapur at a glance
Durgapur is a village of 868 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Haripal block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 127th-largest of 153 villages in Haripal block. Literacy is 63%, 7 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 899 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712407, served by Nalikul post office; the LGD village code is 325441. The sarpanch is TAPASI AMANI, and the village votes in Haripal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhumita Ghosh. The population is estimated at 1,023 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Durgapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 50.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 38.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Durgapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Durgapur
- LGD code
- 325441
- Pincode
- 712407
- Post office
- Nalikul
- Population (Census 2011)
- 868
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,023
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 899
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Haripal
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhumita Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TAPASI AMANI
- Block / Mandal
- Haripal
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)