Ekachalia Population - Puri, Orissa

Ekachalia is a medium size village located in Pipili Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 176 families residing. The Ekachalia village has population of 862 of which 435 are males while 427 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekachalia village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 9.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekachalia village is 982 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekachalia as per census is 889, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Ekachalia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekachalia village was 87.00 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Ekachalia Male literacy stands at 93.85 % while female literacy rate was 80.10 %.

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

Ekachalia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	176	-	-
Population	862	435	427
Child (0-6)	85	45	40
Schedule Caste	476	241	235
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.00 %	93.85 %	80.10 %
Total Workers	315	270	45
Main Worker	210	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	73	32

Caste Factor

In Ekachalia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.22 % of total population in Ekachalia village. The village Ekachalia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ekachalia village out of total population, 315 were engaged in work activities. 66.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 315 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.