Ekuria Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Ekuria is a medium size village located in Khoyrasol Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 140 families residing. The Ekuria village has population of 651 of which 340 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekuria village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 14.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekuria village is 915 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekuria as per census is 696, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekuria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekuria village was 69.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekuria Male literacy stands at 79.58 % while female literacy rate was 59.93 %.

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

Ekuria Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	140	-	-
Population	651	340	311
Child (0-6)	95	56	39
Schedule Caste	310	164	146
Schedule Tribe	189	90	99
Literacy	69.96 %	79.58 %	59.93 %
Total Workers	348	201	147
Main Worker	149	-	-
Marginal Worker	199	57	142

Caste Factor

In Ekuria village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 29.03 % of total population in Ekuria village.

Work Profile

In Ekuria village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 42.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.