# Ekwa Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Ekwa

Ekwa is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,120 people in 201 households**, the 72nd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,120people (2011)
- 201households
- 48.9%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Ekwa PIN code and other codes

Ekwa falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDhamaura
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216478

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

## How far is Ekwa from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)66 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)26 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 Ekwa?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Ekwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Ekwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 53% of the 559 hectares of village land is sown, and 182 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 Ekwa

Of every 100 households in Ekwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ekwa · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****35%**

**38%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ekwa?

■ Ekwa · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.9%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**959

Working population ****48.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.3% for men and 48.4% for women. 49% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 521 (96%)

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 Gaunaha

- Harpur1,136 people
- Mitni1,133 people
- Serhua1,128 people
- Marjadi1,124 people
- Serahwa1,118 people
- Serahwa1,108 people
- Parsa1,104 people
- Ekdarwa1,096 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekwa from Bettiah?66 km by road
- What is the population of Ekwa?1,120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekwa?48.9% (Census 2011)