# Ektara Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ektara

Ektara is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,604 people in 558 households**, the 32nd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 2,604people (2011)
- 558households
- 64.7%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ektara

Of every 100 households in Ektara in 2011, 36 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ektara · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****24%**

**33%

Television ****22%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ektara?

■ Ektara · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1064**

**983

Working population ****30.9%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 58.1% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (9%) · **■** Household industry 26 (3%) · **■** Other work 206 (26%) · **■** Marginal 456 (57%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Raja Rampur2,878 people
- Rajballabhpur2,862 people
- Kanpur2,839 people
- Chak Haturia2,778 people
- Malaya2,557 people
- Jalghara2,545 people
- Ghatakpur2,459 people
- Chak Raypur2,437 people

[All 81 villages in Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ektara?2,604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ektara?64.7% (Census 2011)