# Ekaira Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Ekaira

Ekaira is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **709 people in 131 households**, the 54th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 709people (2011)
- 131households
- 78.1%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekaira

Of every 100 households in Ekaira in 2011, 63 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ekaira · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**68%

Use banking services ****39%**

**35%

Television ****33%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ekaira?

■ Ekaira · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1229**

**961

Working population ****37.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 66.9% for women. 61% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (10%) · **■** Marginal 59 (22%)

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 Bankura - I

- Dupsara765 people
- Gangtara758 people
- Dhobagaon753 people
- Purundihi734 people
- Chinchura687 people
- Debipur684 people
- Barut659 people
- Kustara632 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekaira?709 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekaira in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekaira?78.1% (Census 2011)