# Ekpara Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Ekpara

Ekpara is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,367 people in 581 households**, the 14th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 3,367people (2011)
- 581households
- 55.3%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekpara

Of every 100 households in Ekpara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekpara · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**15%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**87%

Use banking services ****43%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Ekpara?

■ Ekpara · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**945

Working population ****34.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 38.6% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 396 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (16%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 339 (29%) · **■** Marginal 232 (20%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Dakhalbati3,874 people
- Batail3,713 people
- Dadpur3,467 people
- Atla3,398 people
- Shrikrishnapur Pakhuria3,189 people
- Barshal3,148 people
- Chandpur3,012 people
- Banhat2,892 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekpara?3,367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekpara in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekpara?55.3% (Census 2011)