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Ektira Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ektira is a medium size village located in Santuri Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 76 families residing. The Ektira village has population of 375 of which 187 are males while 188 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ektira village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 13.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ektira village is 1005 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ektira as per census is 1227, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ektira village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ektira village was 70.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ektira Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 61.49 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ektira 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 Ektira village.

Ektira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 375 187 188
Child (0-6) 49 22 27
Schedule Caste 153 76 77
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.86 % 80.00 % 61.49 %
Total Workers 138 103 35
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 77 46 31

Caste Factor

In Ektira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.80 % of total population in Ektira village. The village Ektira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ektira village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 44.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.