# Ekrakhi Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Ekrakhi

Ekrakhi is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,516 people in 556 households**, the 36th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,516people (2011)
- 556households
- 67.7%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekrakhi

Of every 100 households in Ekrakhi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ekrakhi · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****8%**

**20%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**39%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Ekrakhi?

■ Ekrakhi · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**954

Working population ****30.9%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 62.1% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 174 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 66 (8%) · **■** Marginal 350 (45%)

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 Sagardighi

- Bergram2,591 people
- Kaiar2,572 people
- Dogachhi2,562 people
- Bhurkunda2,539 people
- Chandanbati2,510 people
- Gobardhandanga2,375 people
- Paitkaldanga2,364 people
- Naopara2,358 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekrakhi?2,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekrakhi in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekrakhi?67.7% (Census 2011)