Local businesses in Durgapur
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 6
- PARAMOUNTS; SAFFRON GRILL; Peerles Inn Hotel; KFC; Domino's
- Supermarkets: 1
- Big Bazaar
- Clinics: 3
- Presidency Nursing Home; HEALTH CENTER
- Schools: 13
- Delhi Public School(DPS); Durgapur Public School; St.Xaviers School; A-Zone M.P. School; Durgapur R E College Model School; Hem Sheela Model School; Pranavananda School; Carmel Convent High School; Carmel School; DAV Model School
Durgapur facts
- District
- Paschim Bardhaman district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 5,66,517
- Area
- about 154.2 sq km, about 65 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 721631 (Durgapur), 733121 (Durgapur), 741506 (Durgapur), 711205 (Durgapur)
- Places nearby
- Nehru Stadium (stadium, 2 km), Sidhu Kanu Indoor Stadium (Indoor Stadium, 3 km), Durgapur Barrage (dam, 8 km)
- Local economy
- Durgapur is the biggest industrial hub of West Bengal, planned as an integrated industrial city on the Damodar river near the Raniganj coalfields.
- Culture and food
- About 92 per cent of Durgapur's residents are Hindu and about 6 per cent are Muslim, with small Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain communities.
- Geography
- Durgapur lies at about 65 m above sea level in Paschim Bardhaman district, on the bank of the Damodar river just before it enters the alluvial plains of Bengal.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.