Durgapur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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.
By population, Durgapur ranks #39 of 60 villages in Kaler mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Durgapur is a village of 1,255 people in 221 households (Census 2011) in Kaler block, Arwal district, Bihar, the 39th-largest of 60 villages in Kaler block. Literacy is 57%, 1 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 890 women per 1,000 men. It lies 157 km from the Arwal district centre, 3 km from Semaria, the nearest town, 2 km from Garh Banaili railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824127, served by Kaler post office; the LGD village code is 260699. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Kasba, 3 km away. The sarpanch is VIKRAM PASWAN, and the village votes in Suryagarha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramanand Mandal. The population is estimated at 1,480 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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