Ekut Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Ekut is a medium size village located in Labpur Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 236 families residing. The Ekut village has population of 989 of which 493 are males while 496 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekut village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 13.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekut village is 1006 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekut as per census is 1263, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekut village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekut village was 80.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekut Male literacy stands at 85.55 % while female literacy rate was 74.76 %.

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

Ekut Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	236	-	-
Population	989	493	496
Child (0-6)	129	57	72
Schedule Caste	328	164	164
Schedule Tribe	352	170	182
Literacy	80.23 %	85.55 %	74.76 %
Total Workers	390	299	91
Main Worker	279	-	-
Marginal Worker	111	58	53

Caste Factor

In Ekut village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 33.16 % of total population in Ekut village.

Work Profile

In Ekut village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 71.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.