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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Durgapur is a village in Kaler mandal, Arwal district, Bihar, with a population of 1,255 across 221 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57.1% and is located at 25.887°N, 87.533°E with postal code 824127.
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- LGD code
- 260699
- Pincode
- 824127
- Post office
- Kaler
- Population
- 1,255
- Households
- 221
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Sex ratio
- 890 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 552
- Distance to district centre
- 157 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 156 km
- Distance to Patna
- 242 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 378 km
- Nearest railway station
- Garh Banaili · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Kasba · 3 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
दुर्गापुर की तुलना
By population, Durgapur ranks #39 of 60 villages in Kaler mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.1%
−1.0% vs mandal average
- Durgapur
- 57.1%
- Kaler mandal
- 58.1%
- Arwal district
- 55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
890
−48 vs mandal average
- Durgapur
- 890
- Kaler mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Durgapur
- 5.7
- Kaler mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
दुर्गापुर एक नज़र में
दुर्गापुर बिहार के अरवल जिले के कलेर ब्लॉक में 1,255 लोगों 221 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो कलेर ब्लॉक के 60 गांवों में 39वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 57% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 58% से 1 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 890 महिलाएं। यह अरवल जिला मुख्यालय से 157 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Semaria से 3 किमी, Garh Banaili रेलवे स्टेशन से 2 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 824127 है, Kaler डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 260699 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Goverment hospital,Kasba है, 3 किमी दूर। सरपंच VIKRAM PASWAN हैं, और गांव Suryagarha विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Ramanand Mandal हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 1,480 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · दुर्गापुर
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARWAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Belsar
- Total area (ha)
- 93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 73.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — दुर्गापुर
- LGD code
- 260699
- Pincode
- 824127
- Post office
- Kaler
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,255
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,480
- Households
- 221
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 890
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.88652°N, 87.53263°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suryagarha
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramanand Mandal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIKRAM PASWAN
- Block / Mandal
- Kaler
- Nearest railway station
- Kajra (149.6 km)
पहुंचने का रास्ता
दुर्गापुर कैसे पहुंचें
शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Patna242 kmcapital
- Kolkata378 km
- Delhi1064 km
- Hyderabad1329 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationGarh Banaili2 km
- Bus stopArgara Chowk14 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Kasba3 km
- ATM / bankSBI15 km
- Petrol pumpjalalpur fuel station4 km
- CollegePurnea College of Engineering15 km
- Police stationMaranga Police Thana17 km
एक ही पिनकोड
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कलेर मंडल के अन्य गांव
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)