# Ekanja Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Ekanja

Ekanja is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **164 people in 34 households**, the 108th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 164people (2011)
- 34households
- 63.8%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekanja

Of every 100 households in Ekanja in 2011, 44 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ekanja · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****41%**

**47%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**20%

Own their home ****74%**

**99%

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 Ekanja?

■ Ekanja · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**65.2%

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

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**968

Working population ****53.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 51.5% for women. 53% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (12%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 46 (52%)

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 Para

- Chalka215 people
- Goaladi214 people
- Manipur192 people
- Kharikabad183 people
- Mahuda157 people
- Garyabhita152 people
- Bara Bandya151 people
- Tentulyabaid146 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekanja?164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekanja in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekanja?63.8% (Census 2011)