# Ekmail Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ekmail

Ekmail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **507 people in 123 households**, the 159th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 507people (2011)
- 123households
- 57.6%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekmail

Of every 100 households in Ekmail in 2011, 2 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekmail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**38%

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

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****70%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ekmail?

■ Ekmail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1455**

**965

Working population ****56.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 44.9% for women. 64% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (55%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (5%) · **■** Marginal 93 (32%)

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 Balurghat

- Madanganj522 people
- Chak Hosen519 people
- Kalikapur512 people
- Satrai512 people
- Katna507 people
- Chak Gobinda502 people
- Digra499 people
- Rajapur498 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekmail?507 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekmail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekmail?57.6% (Census 2011)