Durllabhganj is a

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Garhbeta III Garhbeta III is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography In Garhbeta III CD block 95% of the cultivated area h ...

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Medinipur Sadar subdivision Medinipur Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separati ...

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Geography

Location

Durllabhganj is located at .

Area overview

Paschim Medinipur district (before separation of Jhargram) had a total forest area of 1,700 km², accounting for 14.31% of the total forested area of the state. It is obvious from the map of the Midnapore Sadar subdivision, placed alongside, is that there are large stretches of forests in the subdivision. The soil is predominantly

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. Around 30% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision. 13.95% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.05% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the

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, Durllabhganj had a total population of 6,796, of which 3,436 (51%) were males and 3,360 (49%) were females. There were 607 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Durllabhganj was 5,613 (90.69% of the population over 6 years). India

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, Durllabhganj had a population of 6129. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Durllabhganj has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82% and, female literacy is 75%. In Durllabhganj, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. .*For language details see Garhbeta III#Language and religion

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Paschim Medinipur'', Durlabhganj covered an area of 1.11 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 3 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, borewell, tubewell. It had 1,250 domestic electric connections, 28 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan). Durlabhganj has a chilling plant. It has branch offices of 2 nationalised banks and 1 non-agricultural credit society.

References

Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district {{PaschimMedinipur-geo-stub