# Ekteswar Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Ekteswar

Ekteswar is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,039 people in 452 households**, the 16th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 2,039people (2011)
- 452households
- 74.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekteswar

Of every 100 households in Ekteswar in 2011, 46 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ekteswar · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**82%

Tap water ****8%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**56%

Use banking services ****46%**

**58%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**97%

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 Ekteswar?

■ Ekteswar · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**924

Working population ****35.4%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 67.9% for women. 54% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (5%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 502 (70%) · **■** Marginal 130 (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 Bankura - II

- Kodalia2,654 people
- Kesekol2,555 people
- Magra2,519 people
- Purandarpur2,189 people
- Kalaberia2,033 people
- Pratappur1,958 people
- Karanjora1,907 people
- Madlakamdebpur1,845 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekteswar?2,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekteswar in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekteswar?74.3% (Census 2011)