# Ekhu Village, Mat, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mat, Mathura 

# Ekhu

Ekhu is a village in Mat sub-district of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,798 people in 282 households**, the 84th largest of 201 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,798people (2011)
- 282households
- 72.6%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekhu

Of every 100 households in Ekhu in 2011, 28 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ekhu · ■ Mat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****70%**

**69%

Television ****44%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**25%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Ekhu?

■ Ekhu · ■ Mat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**869

Working population ****29.3%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 57.6% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 243 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (22%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (12%) · **■** Marginal 97 (18%)

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 Mat

- Chandpur Kalan1,851 people
- Nausherpur1,845 people
- Suhagpur1,827 people
- Daulatpur Banger1,825 people
- Badoth1,782 people
- Awa Khera1,751 people
- Mani Garhi Bangar1,739 people
- Badanpur1,738 people

[All 267 villages in Mat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/mat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekhu?1,798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekhu in?Mathura district (Mat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ekhu?72.6% (Census 2011)