# Ekgharia Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Ekgharia

Ekgharia is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,900 people in 446 households**, the 46th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,900people (2011)
- 446households
- 69.1%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekgharia

Of every 100 households in Ekgharia in 2011, 25 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ekgharia · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**76%

Tap water ****11%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**93%

Use banking services ****50%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**48%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Ekgharia?

■ Ekgharia · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**945

Working population ****32.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 63.4% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (18%) · **■** Household industry 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 166 (27%) · **■** Marginal 227 (37%)

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

- Kurcha2,051 people
- Bharwan2,015 people
- Maliandi1,974 people
- Kalyanpur1,960 people
- Hastinapur1,857 people
- Sabalpur1,817 people
- Bichkandi1,771 people
- Kapsakismat1,741 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekgharia?1,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekgharia in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekgharia?69.1% (Census 2011)