# Ektarpur Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Ektarpur

Ektarpur is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,983 people in 430 households**, the 39th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,983people (2011)
- 430households
- 90.8%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ektarpur

Of every 100 households in Ektarpur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ektarpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**6%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**85%

Use banking services ****25%**

**42%

Television ****25%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**28%

Own their home ****88%**

**94%

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 Ektarpur?

■ Ektarpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**948

Working population ****23.7%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 86.5% for women. 39% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 154 (33%) · **■** Marginal 272 (58%)

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 Mahisadal

- Ajra2,345 people
- Gopal Chak2,197 people
- Chandipur2,047 people
- Bholsara2,008 people
- Kapurda1,933 people
- Jhaupatra1,694 people
- Kamalpur1,686 people
- Jagannathpur1,680 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ektarpur?1,983 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ektarpur?90.8% (Census 2011)