Ekaria Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Ekaria is a small village located in Garbeta - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 26 families residing. The Ekaria village has population of 133 of which 63 are males while 70 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekaria village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 15.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekaria village is 1111 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekaria as per census is 1857, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekaria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekaria village was 65.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekaria Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 43.86 %.

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

Ekaria Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	26	-	-
Population	133	63	70
Child (0-6)	20	7	13
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	120	57	63
Literacy	65.49 %	87.50 %	43.86 %
Total Workers	87	43	44
Main Worker	4	-	-
Marginal Worker	83	40	43

Caste Factor

In Ekaria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.23 % of total population in Ekaria village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ekaria village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Ekaria village out of total population, 87 were engaged in work activities. 4.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 87 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.