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Ekchanan Population - Katihar, Bihar

Ekchanan is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 231 families residing. The Ekchanan village has population of 1325 of which 694 are males while 631 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekchanan village population of children with age 0-6 is 273 which makes up 20.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekchanan village is 909 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekchanan as per census is 773, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Ekchanan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekchanan village was 47.62 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Ekchanan Male literacy stands at 54.63 % while female literacy rate was 40.23 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ekchanan 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 Ekchanan village.

Ekchanan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 1,325 694 631
Child (0-6) 273 154 119
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.62 % 54.63 % 40.23 %
Total Workers 335 292 43
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 11 5 6

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Ekchanan village of Katihar district.

Work Profile

In Ekchanan village out of total population, 335 were engaged in work activities. 96.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 335 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 264 were Agricultural labourer.