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Ekanja Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ekanja is a small village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 34 families residing. The Ekanja village has population of 164 of which 85 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekanja village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 14.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekanja village is 929 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekanja as per census is 917, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekanja village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekanja village was 63.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekanja Male literacy stands at 75.34 % while female literacy rate was 51.47 %.

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

Ekanja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 164 85 79
Child (0-6) 23 12 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.83 % 75.34 % 51.47 %
Total Workers 88 45 43
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 46 10 36

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Ekanja village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 47.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.