# Ektarpur Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ektarpur

Ektarpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,184 people in 258 households**, the 45th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,184people (2011)
- 258households
- 85.9%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ektarpur

Of every 100 households in Ektarpur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ektarpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****18%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****57%**

**46%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**932

Working population ****33.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 80.6% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 199 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (16%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 98 (25%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Dhokra Banka1,272 people
- Mirjapur1,258 people
- Khidirpur1,236 people
- Bara Bhagia1,211 people
- Golara Bheri1,147 people
- Irda1,145 people
- Brajalalpur1,144 people
- Pusha1,110 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ektarpur?1,184 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ektarpur?85.9% (Census 2011)