# Eklara Village, Chikhli, Buldana (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Chikhli, Buldana 

# Eklara

Eklara is a village in Chikhli sub-district of Buldana district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **3,448 people in 749 households**, the 11th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.6%.

- 3,448people (2011)
- 749households
- 84.8%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Eklara PIN code and other codes

Eklara falls in Chikhli sub-district, Buldana district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChikhli
- Census village code529146

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

## How far is Eklara from nearby towns?

- Chikhli (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Buldana (district HQ)43 km by road
- Chikhli (nearest town)18 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 Eklara?

28 services counted by the Census are inside Eklara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Chikhli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chikhli
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 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 Eklara known for?

About 65% of the 1,254 hectares of village land is sown, and 775 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 Eklara

Of every 100 households in Eklara in 2011, 76 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Eklara · ■ Chikhli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**75%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**80%

Tap water ****9%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**91%

Use banking services ****59%**

**60%

Television ****38%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**38%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Eklara?

■ Eklara · ■ Chikhli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**82.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**827

Working population ****53.6%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 74.3% for women. 58% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 482 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,204 (65%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 128 (7%) · **■** Marginal 34 (2%)

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 Chikhli

- Mangrur Nawghare4,129 people
- Shelgaon Atol3,735 people
- Mera Kh.3,721 people
- Karwand3,535 people
- Kelwad3,269 people
- Dongar Shewali3,253 people
- Shelud3,200 people
- Kolara3,088 people

[All 145 villages in Chikhli](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/buldana/chikhli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Eklara from Buldana?43 km by road
- What is the population of Eklara?3,448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Eklara in?Buldana district (Chikhli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Eklara?84.8% (Census 2011)