# Ekamba Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ekamba

Ekamba is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **717 people in 155 households**, the 173rd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 717people (2011)
- 155households
- 66.2%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ekamba

Of every 100 households in Ekamba in 2011, 6 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ekamba · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**67%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**72%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**21%

Own their home ****87%**

**97%

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 Ekamba?

■ Ekamba · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**939

Working population ****39.1%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 54.2% for women. 58% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 68 (24%) · **■** Marginal 67 (24%)

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 Raiganj

- Budhor757 people
- Chapra745 people
- Baniapukur728 people
- Paschim Gopalpur722 people
- Dulahpur705 people
- Balihara694 people
- Mahisbathan692 people
- Paikpara692 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ekamba?717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ekamba in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ekamba?66.2% (Census 2011)