# Ekdari Village, Narkatia, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Narkatia, Purba Champaran 

# Ekdari

Ekdari is a village in Narkatia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,435 people in 1,038 households**, the 13th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 5,435people (2011)
- 1,038households
- 60.9%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Ekdari PIN code and other codes

Ekdari falls in Narkatia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatEkdari
- Community development blockNarkatia
- Census village code217728

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

## How far is Ekdari from nearby towns?

- Narkatia (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)30 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town)30 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 Ekdari?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Ekdari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand 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 Ekdari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 59% of the 176 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Ekdari

Of every 100 households in Ekdari in 2011, 12 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ekdari · ■ Narkatia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**88%

Tap water ****8%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**97%

Use banking services ****42%**

**30%

Television ****29%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ekdari?

■ Ekdari · ■ Narkatia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**919

Working population ****33.3%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 50.6% for women. 44% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 466 (26%) · **■** Household industry 66 (4%) · **■** Other work 423 (23%) · **■** Marginal 690 (38%)

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 Narkatia

- Belwa5,893 people
- Parsotimpur5,623 people
- Khairwa5,533 people
- Pakaria5,518 people
- Semrahiya5,285 people
- Mahuawa3,825 people
- Rampur3,479 people
- Juafar3,294 people

[All 54 villages in Narkatia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/narkatia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekdari from Motihari?30 km by road
- What is the population of Ekdari?5,435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekdari in?Purba Champaran district (Narkatia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekdari?60.9% (Census 2011)