# Ektia Village, Gobindpur, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Gobindpur, Nawada 

# Ektia

Ektia is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **657 people in 87 households**, the 42nd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 657people (2011)
- 87households
- 67.0%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Ektia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSughari
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code257873

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

## How far is Ektia from nearby towns?

- Gobindpur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)25 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)25 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 Ektia?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 Ektia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 49% of the 72 hectares of village land is sown, and 13 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 Ektia

Of every 100 households in Ektia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ektia · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**36%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ektia?

■ Ektia · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**966

Working population ****28.3%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 49.2% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (18%) · **■** Marginal 150 (81%)

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

- Kharsan754 people
- Jatsari735 people
- Ghurmuriya714 people
- Amahra657 people
- Pahraitha643 people
- Hanra636 people
- Bela622 people
- Patluka611 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Ektia from Nawada?25 km by road
- What is the population of Ektia?657 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektia in?Nawada district (Gobindpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ektia?67.0% (Census 2011)