# Ekpaharia Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Ekpaharia

Ekpaharia is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,572 people in 390 households**, the 59th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,572people (2011)
- 390households
- 67.8%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekpaharia

Of every 100 households in Ekpaharia in 2011, 24 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekpaharia · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**76%

Tap water ****37%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**32%

Television ****8%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ekpaharia?

■ Ekpaharia · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**945

Working population ****34.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 64.3% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 165 (30%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 120 (22%) · **■** Marginal 161 (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 Burwan

- Modda1,607 people
- Hatisala1,592 people
- Nabagram1,587 people
- Rajhat Siuli1,583 people
- Pachhipara1,566 people
- Jaohari1,530 people
- Mandra1,530 people
- Siddheswari1,515 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekpaharia?1,572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekpaharia in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekpaharia?67.8% (Census 2011)