# Ekmukha Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Ekmukha

Ekmukha is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,494 people in 792 households**, the 20th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 3,494people (2011)
- 792households
- 73.9%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekmukha

Of every 100 households in Ekmukha in 2011, 10 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekmukha · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**47%

Tap water ****13%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**40%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Ekmukha?

■ Ekmukha · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**942

Working population ****42.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 66.3% for women. 58% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 497 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 363 (24%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 186 (12%) · **■** Marginal 447 (30%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Putimari Phuleswari4,059 people
- Mainaguri Dighalhati4,049 people
- Phalimari3,707 people
- Chhota Atharakotha3,507 people
- Khari Analdhondra3,460 people
- Gangaler Kuthi3,444 people
- Kharija Phuleswari3,405 people
- Talliguri3,372 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekmukha?3,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekmukha in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekmukha?73.9% (Census 2011)