# Ekma Village, Nautanwa, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nautanwa, Mahrajganj 

# Ekma

Ekma is a village in Nautanwa sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,470 people in 894 households**, the 4th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 5,470people (2011)
- 894households
- 77.6%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekma

Of every 100 households in Ekma in 2011, 59 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Ekma · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**87%

Tap water ****30%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****82%**

**79%

Television ****49%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ekma?

■ Ekma · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****807**

**939

Working population ****36.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 66.9% for women. 51% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (10%) · **■** Household industry 165 (8%) · **■** Other work 701 (35%) · **■** Marginal 781 (39%)

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 Nautanwa

- Chakdah10,206 people
- Bargadava6,137 people
- Pipra5,953 people
- Bairva Bankatva4,846 people
- Sinhpur Tharauli4,833 people
- Paisiya Lalaien4,551 people
- Khairati4,294 people

[All 266 villages in Nautanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nautanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekma?5,470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekma in?Mahrajganj district (Nautanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ekma?77.6% (Census 2011)