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Eklakhi Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Eklakhi is a medium size village located in Chanditala - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 420 families residing. The Eklakhi village has population of 1783 of which 934 are males while 849 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Eklakhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 8.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Eklakhi village is 909 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Eklakhi as per census is 727, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Eklakhi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Eklakhi village was 88.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Eklakhi Male literacy stands at 92.20 % while female literacy rate was 84.59 %.

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

Eklakhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 420 - -
Population 1,783 934 849
Child (0-6) 152 88 64
Schedule Caste 157 89 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.53 % 92.20 % 84.59 %
Total Workers 641 566 75
Main Worker 569 - -
Marginal Worker 72 27 45

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.81 % of total population in Eklakhi village. The village Eklakhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Eklakhi village out of total population, 641 were engaged in work activities. 88.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 641 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.