# Ekauna Village, Simri, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Simri, Buxar 

# Ekauna

Ekauna is a village in Simri sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,890 people in 452 households**, the 18th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 3,890people (2011)
- 452households
- 67.2%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Ekauna PIN code and other codes

Ekauna falls in Simri sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatEkauna
- Community development blockSimri
- Census village code247857

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

## How far is Ekauna from nearby towns?

- Simri (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Dumraon (nearest town)22 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 Ekauna?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Ekauna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Neyazipur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dumri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 5 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 Ekauna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 249 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 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 Ekauna

Of every 100 households in Ekauna in 2011, 2 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Ekauna · ■ Simri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**77%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****62%**

**62%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**16%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ekauna?

■ Ekauna · ■ Simri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**921

Working population ****30.7%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 52.7% for women. 44% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 259 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (5%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 59 (5%) · **■** Marginal 799 (67%)

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 Simri

- Balihar4,494 people
- Dullahpur4,345 people
- Paigambarpur4,001 people
- Neyazipur3,954 people
- Majhwari3,880 people
- Diaman3,505 people
- Dullahpur3,081 people
- Manikpur2,922 people

[All 156 villages in Simri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/simri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekauna from Buxar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Ekauna?3,890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekauna in?Buxar district (Simri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekauna?67.2% (Census 2011)