# Ekamba Village, Nabarangapur P.S, Nabarangapur (Odisha)

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Village · Nabarangapur P.S, Nabarangapur 

# Ekamba

Ekamba is a village in Nabarangapur P.S sub-district of Nabarangapur district, Odisha, PIN code **764078**. The 2011 Census counted **1,810 people in 462 households**, the 17th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 26.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 48.7%.

- 1,810people (2011)
- 462households
- 26.8%literacy
- 764078PIN code

## Ekamba PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ekamba is 764078.** Ekamba falls in Nabarangapur P.S sub-district, Nabarangapur district, Odisha.

- PIN code764078
- Gram panchayatNandahandi
- Community development blockNandahandi
- Census village code427977

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

## How far is Ekamba from nearby towns?

- Nabarangapur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Nabarangapur (district HQ)15 km by road
- Nabarangapur (nearest town)12 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 Ekamba?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nandahandi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nabarangpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nabarangpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Ekamba known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and corn**. Products made here include rice, molases and rope. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Ekamba

Of every 100 households in Ekamba in 2011, 12 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ekamba · ■ Nabarangapur P.S rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**90%

Tap water ****26%**

**6%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**24%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Ekamba?

■ Ekamba · ■ Nabarangapur P.S rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****26.8%**

**48.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**1028

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**1005

Working population ****61.5%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 34.8% for men and 18.7% for women. 60% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 231 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 315 (28%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (7%) · **■** Marginal 482 (43%)

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 Nabarangapur P.S

- Pujariguda1,881 people
- Mantriguda1,880 people
- Taragam1,851 people
- Bikrampur1,815 people
- Bania1,774 people
- Daspur1,739 people
- Deula1,660 people
- Dongarbheja1,588 people

[All 59 villages in Nabarangapur P.S](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/nabarangapur/nabarangapur-p-s/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ekamba?764078
- How far is Ekamba from Nabarangapur?15 km by road
- What is the population of Ekamba?1,810 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekamba in?Nabarangapur district (Nabarangapur P.S sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Ekamba?26.8% (Census 2011)
