# Ektara Village, Gobindpur, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Gobindpur, Nawada 

# Ektara

Ektara is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,868 people in 431 households**, the 7th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 2,868people (2011)
- 431households
- 45.0%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Ektara PIN code and other codes

Ektara falls in Gobindpur sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMadhopur
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code257870

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

## How far is Ektara from nearby towns?

- Gobindpur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)27 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)27 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 Ektara?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Ektara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Govind Pur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Ektara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 12% of the 1,427 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 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 Ektara

Of every 100 households in Ektara in 2011, 2 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ektara · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**36%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ektara?

■ Ektara · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.0%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**966

Working population ****44.3%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.4% for men and 34.1% for women. 47% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 262 (21%) · **■** Household industry 90 (7%) · **■** Other work 85 (7%) · **■** Marginal 623 (49%)

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 Gobindpur

- Baksoti4,863 people
- Madhopur4,209 people
- Sughari3,416 people
- Sarkanda3,275 people
- Baniya Bigaha2,754 people
- Pathra2,645 people
- Budwara2,477 people
- Puraini2,433 people

[All 73 villages in Gobindpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/gobindpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ektara from Nawada?27 km by road
- What is the population of Ektara?2,868 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektara in?Nawada district (Gobindpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ektara?45.0% (Census 2011)