Ekdalu Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Ekdalu is a medium size village located in Tarakeswar Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 110 families residing. The Ekdalu village has population of 461 of which 245 are males while 216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekdalu village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 8.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekdalu village is 882 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekdalu as per census is 900, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekdalu village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekdalu village was 83.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekdalu Male literacy stands at 90.22 % while female literacy rate was 75.76 %.

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

Ekdalu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	110	-	-
Population	461	245	216
Child (0-6)	38	20	18
Schedule Caste	235	120	115
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.45 %	90.22 %	75.76 %
Total Workers	151	141	10
Main Worker	26	-	-
Marginal Worker	125	118	7

Caste Factor

In Ekdalu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.98 % of total population in Ekdalu village. The village Ekdalu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ekdalu village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 17.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.