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Ekchala Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Ekchala is a medium size village located in Gangajalghati Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 222 families residing. The Ekchala village has population of 1012 of which 507 are males while 505 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekchala village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 11.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekchala village is 996 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekchala as per census is 1111, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekchala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekchala village was 64.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekchala Male literacy stands at 75.72 % while female literacy rate was 52.58 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ekchala village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Ekchala village.

Ekchala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,012 507 505
Child (0-6) 114 54 60
Schedule Caste 484 232 252
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.25 % 75.72 % 52.58 %
Total Workers 508 291 217
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 352 139 213

Caste Factor

In Ekchala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.83 % of total population in Ekchala village. The village Ekchala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ekchala village out of total population, 508 were engaged in work activities. 30.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 508 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.