# Ekamba Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Ekamba

Ekamba is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,531 people in 631 households**, the 28th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 2,531people (2011)
- 631households
- 75.6%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekamba

Of every 100 households in Ekamba in 2011, 24 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekamba · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**32%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**48%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ekamba?

■ Ekamba · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**945

Working population ****35.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 66.9% for women. 61% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 314 (35%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 309 (34%) · **■** Marginal 112 (12%)

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 Burwan

- Gram Salkia3,087 people
- Simulia2,930 people
- Chaitpur2,742 people
- Shrihatta2,547 people
- Ruhina2,522 people
- Gopipur2,419 people
- Baugram2,304 people
- Kalla2,270 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekamba?2,531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekamba in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekamba?75.6% (Census 2011)