# Ekdalu Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Ekdalu

Ekdalu is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **461 people in 110 households**, the 86th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 461people (2011)
- 110households
- 83.5%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekdalu

Of every 100 households in Ekdalu in 2011, 92 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ekdalu · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**28%

Tap water ****3%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****96%**

**55%

Television ****46%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Ekdalu?

■ Ekdalu · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**949

Working population ****32.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 75.8% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 16 (11%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 125 (83%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Bharamalpur556 people
- Timna545 people
- Shibpur530 people
- Gobra470 people
- Ramchandrapur431 people
- Gangarambati399 people
- Nabina334 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekdalu?461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekdalu in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekdalu?83.5% (Census 2011)