What is the population of Durgapur?
Durgapur has a city population of 518,872. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Durgapur
City population
518,872
#97
in India
#3
in West Bengal
#1,094
worldwide
23.516, 87.308 · 1,156 km from New Delhi
About Durgapur
At 0% of India's national population, Durgapur accounts for a negligible share despite holding 518,872 residents. The city ranks third in West Bengal and sits 1,156 km from New Delhi. Rānīganj, with 131,261 people, lies 21 km away, while Jāmuria (160,242) is 31 km distant, placing Durgapur within a cluster of moderately sized cities in the region.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 138
Elevation
100 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
23.516, 87.308
Record updated
2024-01-06
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 3,732 in IndiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Durgapur | 519K |
Durgapur Population FAQ
Where is Durgapur?
Durgapur is in West Bengal, India, 1,156 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 23.516, 87.308.
How big is Durgapur compared with other cities in India?
It is the 97th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.