# Ekraman Village, Chewara, Sheikhpura (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Ekraman

Ekraman is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,826 people in 421 households**, the 7th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 2,826people (2011)
- 421households
- 49.0%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Ekraman PIN code and other codes

Ekraman falls in Chewara sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatEkrama
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244046

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

## How far is Ekraman from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)10 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)10 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 Ekraman?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Ekraman; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chewara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 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 Ekraman known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 259 hectares of village land is sown, and 180 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 Ekraman

Of every 100 households in Ekraman in 2011, 28 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ekraman · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**79%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****27%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ekraman?

■ Ekraman · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.0%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**958

Working population ****33.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.4% for men and 36.8% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 218 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (30%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (4%) · **■** Marginal 404 (42%)

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 Chewara

- Chhatiara3,275 people
- Ekarha3,275 people
- Chakandara3,027 people
- Seani2,990 people
- Lataut2,804 people
- Lahna2,466 people
- Karande2,440 people
- Kurmuri2,423 people

[All 39 villages in Chewara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheikhpura/chewara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekraman from Sheikhpura?10 km by road
- What is the population of Ekraman?2,826 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekraman in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekraman?49.0% (Census 2011)