Ekara Population - Chandrapur, Maharashtra

Ekara is a medium size village located in Brahmapuri Taluka of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra with total 281 families residing. The Ekara village has population of 1096 of which 551 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekara village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 11.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekara village is 989 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekara as per census is 797, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Ekara village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekara village was 73.87 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Ekara Male literacy stands at 84.23 % while female literacy rate was 63.67 %.

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

Ekara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	281	-	-
Population	1,096	551	545
Child (0-6)	124	69	55
Schedule Caste	87	44	43
Schedule Tribe	451	213	238
Literacy	73.87 %	84.23 %	63.67 %
Total Workers	682	364	318
Main Worker	342	-	-
Marginal Worker	340	173	167

Caste Factor

In Ekara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.15 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.94 % of total population in Ekara village.

Work Profile

In Ekara village out of total population, 682 were engaged in work activities. 50.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 682 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.