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Ekra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ekra is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 274 families residing. The Ekra village has population of 1575 of which 836 are males while 739 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekra village population of children with age 0-6 is 301 which makes up 19.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekra village is 884 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekra as per census is 905, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekra village was 56.28 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekra Male literacy stands at 74.04 % while female literacy rate was 36.07 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ekra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Ekra village.

Ekra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,575 836 739
Child (0-6) 301 158 143
Schedule Caste 157 90 67
Schedule Tribe 323 173 150
Literacy 56.28 % 74.04 % 36.07 %
Total Workers 860 530 330
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 508 198 310

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 20.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.97 % of total population in Ekra village.

Work Profile

In Ekra village out of total population, 860 were engaged in work activities. 40.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 860 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.