# Ekma Village, Baragaon, Sundargarh (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Baragaon, Sundargarh 

# Ekma

Ekma is a village in Baragaon sub-district of Sundargarh district, Odisha, PIN code **770016**. The 2011 Census counted **2,534 people in 514 households**, the 5th largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,534people (2011)
- 514households
- 62.9%literacy
- 770016PIN code

## Ekma PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ekma is 770016.** Ekma falls in Baragaon sub-district, Sundargarh district, Odisha.

- PIN code770016
- Gram panchayatEkma
- Community development blockBaragaon
- Census village code384071

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

## How far is Ekma from nearby towns?

- Baragaon (sub-district HQ)49 km by road
- Sundargarh (district HQ)49 km by road
- Sundargarh (nearest town)49 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 Ekma?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Ekma; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bargaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Rajganga Pur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bargaon
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 15 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 Ekma known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sesame and vegetable**. About 79% of the 836 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Ekma

Of every 100 households in Ekma in 2011, 15 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ekma · ■ Baragaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**90%

Tap water ****27%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**97%

Use banking services ****22%**

**62%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ekma?

■ Ekma · ■ Baragaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**937

Working population ****43.3%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 57.7% for women. 51% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 234 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (2%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 207 (19%) · **■** Marginal 619 (56%)

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 Baragaon

- Pamra3,875 people
- Itma2,874 people
- Latagaon2,823 people
- Sahajbahal2,694 people
- Kusumdega2,510 people
- Bargaon2,491 people
- Timna2,480 people
- Jharangloi2,402 people

[All 74 villages in Baragaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/sundargarh/baragaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ekma?770016
- How far is Ekma from Sundargarh?49 km by road
- What is the population of Ekma?2,534 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekma in?Sundargarh district (Baragaon sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Ekma?62.9% (Census 2011)