# Ekchala Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Ekchala

Ekchala is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,012 people in 222 households**, the 60th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,012people (2011)
- 222households
- 64.3%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekchala

Of every 100 households in Ekchala in 2011, 11 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekchala · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**67%

Use banking services ****8%**

**43%

Television ****7%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**25%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Ekchala?

■ Ekchala · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**908

Working population ****50.2%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 52.6% for women. 57% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 70 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (8%) · **■** Other work 46 (9%) · **■** Marginal 352 (69%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Bhatla Para1,152 people
- Jemua1,138 people
- Birra1,101 people
- Ghanashyampur1,025 people
- Hanri Bhanga984 people
- Khayer Bani970 people
- Nutangram953 people
- Subar Nator937 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekchala?1,012 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekchala in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekchala?64.3% (Census 2011)