# Ekara Village, Hajipur, Vaishali (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Hajipur, Vaishali 

# Ekara

Ekara is a village in Hajipur sub-district of Vaishali district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **878 people in 140 households**, the 99th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 878people (2011)
- 140households
- 73.2%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Ekara PIN code and other codes

Ekara falls in Hajipur sub-district, Vaishali district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatThathan Bujurg
- Community development blockHajipur
- Census village code235643

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

## How far is Ekara from nearby towns?

- Hajipur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Hajipur (district HQ)9 km by road
- Hajipur (nearest town)9 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 Ekara?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Ekara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Kutu Pur
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kutub Pur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Hajipur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Haji Pur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Ekara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 38 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Ekara

Of every 100 households in Ekara in 2011, 59 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Ekara · ■ Hajipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**63%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**85%

Use banking services ****93%**

**60%

Television ****46%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**14%

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 Ekara?

■ Ekara · ■ Hajipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**69.9%

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

**883

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**887

Working population ****31.8%**

**27.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 62.1% for women. 49% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (26%) · **■** Marginal 74 (27%)

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 Hajipur

- Chak Bigha Jani900 people
- Chak Sakra889 people
- Gurmain881 people
- Jagdishpur879 people
- Phulhara Ishak874 people
- Chak Rabia Urf Rabia Chak864 people
- Larui Husainabad812 people
- Madarpur807 people

[All 211 villages in Hajipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/hajipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ekara from Hajipur?9 km by road
- What is the population of Ekara?878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekara in?Vaishali district (Hajipur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ekara?73.2% (Census 2011)