Ekur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Ekur is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 208 families residing. The Ekur village has population of 962 of which 499 are males while 463 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekur village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 11.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekur village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekur as per census is 797, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekur village was 71.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekur Male literacy stands at 86.21 % while female literacy rate was 56.80 %.

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

Ekur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	208	-	-
Population	962	499	463
Child (0-6)	115	64	51
Schedule Caste	487	265	222
Schedule Tribe	370	175	195
Literacy	71.90 %	86.21 %	56.80 %
Total Workers	404	292	112
Main Worker	210	-	-
Marginal Worker	194	124	70

Caste Factor

In Ekur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 38.46 % of total population in Ekur village.

Work Profile

In Ekur village out of total population, 404 were engaged in work activities. 51.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 404 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.