# Ekaunia Village, Kochas, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kochas, Rohtas 

# Ekaunia

Ekaunia is a village in Kochas sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,252 people in 170 households**, the 44th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 1,252people (2011)
- 170households
- 84.3%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Ekaunia PIN code and other codes

Ekaunia falls in Kochas sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAgarsidihara
- Community development blockKochas
- Census village code250748

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

## How far is Ekaunia from nearby towns?

- Kochas (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)30 km by road
- Sasaram (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 Ekaunia?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Ekaunia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Reniya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Shahmal Khaira
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 3 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 Ekaunia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 94% of the 153 hectares of village land is sown, and 133 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 Ekaunia

Of every 100 households in Ekaunia in 2011, 1 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ekaunia · ■ Kochas rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**51%

Television ****1%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**18%

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 Ekaunia?

■ Ekaunia · ■ Kochas rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**922

Working population ****29.1%**

**27.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 75.2% for women. 46% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (13%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 41 (11%) · **■** Marginal 150 (41%)

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 Kochas

- Phuli1,307 people
- Doiya1,302 people
- Pithwaiya1,267 people
- Sobhipur1,255 people
- Saroser1,246 people
- Navalia1,224 people
- Rupi1,211 people
- Ghewra1,180 people

[All 191 villages in Kochas](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/kochas/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekaunia from Sasaram?30 km by road
- What is the population of Ekaunia?1,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekaunia in?Rohtas district (Kochas sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekaunia?84.3% (Census 2011)