# Ektasa Village, Bhikangaon, Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Bhikangaon, Khargone 

# Ektasa

Ektasa is a village in Bhikangaon sub-district of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,446 people in 301 households**, the 48th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.6%.

- 1,446people (2011)
- 301households
- 60.2%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Ektasa PIN code and other codes

Ektasa falls in Bhikangaon sub-district, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBhikangaon
- Census village code477492

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

## How far is Ektasa from nearby towns?

- Bhikangaon (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Khargone (district HQ)53 km by road
- Bhikangaon (nearest town)13 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 Ektasa?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhikangaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhikangaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khargone
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Ektasa known for?

The main crops are **cotton, soyabean and jawar**. About 57% of the 1,071 hectares of village land is sown, and 110 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 Ektasa

Of every 100 households in Ektasa in 2011, 30 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ektasa · ■ Bhikangaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****37%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**19%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****1%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****60%**

**50%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Ektasa?

■ Ektasa · ■ Bhikangaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**61.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**936

Working population ****45.3%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 48.9% for women. 45% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (3%) · **■** Marginal 558 (85%)

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 Bhikangaon

- Chikhalwas1,547 people
- Temla1,529 people
- Sakargaon1,502 people
- Bhopada1,461 people
- Jamniya Khurd1,410 people
- Raidad1,378 people
- Pokhar Buzurg1,362 people
- Aurangpura1,354 people

[All 145 villages in Bhikangaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/khargone/bhikangaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ektasa from Khargone?53 km by road
- What is the population of Ektasa?1,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektasa in?Khargone district (Bhikangaon sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ektasa?60.2% (Census 2011)