# Ekchanan Village, Barsoi, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Ekchanan

Ekchanan is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,325 people in 231 households**, the 94th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,325people (2011)
- 231households
- 47.6%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Ekchanan PIN code and other codes

Ekchanan falls in Barsoi sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBelwa Dangi
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code225070

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

## How far is Ekchanan from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)55 km by road
- Raiganj (nearest town)18 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 Ekchanan?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Ekchanan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Barsoi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Balarampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Ekchanan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 205 hectares of village land is sown, and 106 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 Ekchanan

Of every 100 households in Ekchanan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekchanan · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****10%**

**15%

Television ****1%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**40%

Own their home ****95%**

**99%

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 Ekchanan?

■ Ekchanan · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.6%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**960

Working population ****25.3%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.6% for men and 40.2% for women. 42% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 50 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 264 (79%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 11 (3%)

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 Barsoi

- Goaltoli1,346 people
- Pataulbari1,342 people
- Dasgaon1,337 people
- Mithapur1,331 people
- Bansbhitha1,323 people
- Chaukharia1,312 people
- Kotara1,306 people
- Baldogachhi1,300 people

[All 231 villages in Barsoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/barsoi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekchanan from Katihar?55 km by road
- What is the population of Ekchanan?1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekchanan in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekchanan?47.6% (Census 2011)