# Ekanja Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Ekanja

Ekanja is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,379 people in 251 households**, the 27th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,379people (2011)
- 251households
- 68.5%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekanja

Of every 100 households in Ekanja in 2011, 28 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ekanja · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**89%

Tap water ****66%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**71%

Use banking services ****34%**

**46%

Television ****28%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ekanja?

■ Ekanja · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**964

Working population ****30.2%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 51.8% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 110 (26%) · **■** Marginal 206 (49%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Salanchi1,476 people
- Bagatbari1,473 people
- Dumariakuri1,473 people
- Baghadabar1,456 people
- Tal Sankra1,335 people
- Gobindapur1,292 people
- Kadamarra1,277 people
- Dhatara1,274 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekanja?1,379 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekanja in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekanja?68.5% (Census 2011)