# Ektira Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Ektira

Ektira is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **375 people in 76 households**, the 71st largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 375people (2011)
- 76households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ektira

Of every 100 households in Ektira in 2011, 49 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ektira · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****7%**

**67%

Use banking services ****60%**

**52%

Television ****33%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Ektira?

■ Ektira · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1227**

**973

Working population ****36.8%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 61.5% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (43%) · **■** Marginal 77 (56%)

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 Santuri

- Manjuri410 people
- Chhota Pathar409 people
- Deuli402 people
- Amdiha400 people
- Dulalgora369 people
- Dubrajpur359 people
- Dhanasdi358 people
- Jibanpur Alias Ramjibanpur344 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ektira?375 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektira in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ektira?70.9% (Census 2011)