# Ekwari Village, Sahar, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Sahar, Bhojpur 

# Ekwari

Ekwari is a village in Sahar sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **11,561 people in 1,877 households**, the 1st largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 11,561people (2011)
- 1,877households
- 73.0%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Ekwari PIN code and other codes

Ekwari falls in Sahar sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatEkwari
- Community development blockSahar
- Census village code247736

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ekwari from nearby towns?

- Sahar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)40 km by road
- Arwal (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ekwari?

24 services counted by the Census are inside Ekwari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Piro
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ekwari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 1,275 hectares of village land is sown, and 1,221 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ekwari

Of every 100 households in Ekwari in 2011, 2 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ekwari · ■ Sahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****69%**

**60%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ekwari?

■ Ekwari · ■ Sahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**971

Working population ****34.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 63.6% for women. 49% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 831 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 963 (24%) · **■** Household industry 83 (2%) · **■** Other work 483 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,599 (40%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sahar

- Baruhi7,021 people
- Kaul Dehri5,740 people
- Sahar5,674 people
- Perhap5,285 people

[All 56 villages in Sahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/sahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekwari from Arrah?40 km by road
- What is the population of Ekwari?11,561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekwari in?Bhojpur district (Sahar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekwari?73.0% (Census 2011)