Durganagar, Diamond Harbour

Durganagar is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour police station in the Diamond Harbour I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Area overview
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the western portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 11 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the western part, located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5–6 metres above sea level. Archaeological excavations at Deulpota and Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.

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.

Location
Durganagar is located at 22.1975°N, 88.2144°W

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Durganagar had a total population of 4,658 of which 2,403 (52%) were males and 2,255 (48%) were females. There were 438 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Durganagar was 3,342 (79.19% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Durganagar covered an area of 2.6605 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved tapwater from treated sources and hand pumps. It had 422 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre and 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, all other educational facilities were at Diamond Harbour 3 km away.

Transport
Gurudas Nagar railway station is located nearby.

Healthcare
Panchagram (Netra) Rural Hospital at PO Panchagram Singhi, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Diamond Harbour I CD block.