Ekdal Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Ekdal is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 168 families residing. The Ekdal village has population of 714 of which 362 are males while 352 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ekdal village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 11.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ekdal village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ekdal as per census is 881, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ekdal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ekdal village was 78.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ekdal Male literacy stands at 89.06 % while female literacy rate was 67.94 %.

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

Ekdal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	168	-	-
Population	714	362	352
Child (0-6)	79	42	37
Schedule Caste	216	111	105
Schedule Tribe	237	114	123
Literacy	78.58 %	89.06 %	67.94 %
Total Workers	303	190	113
Main Worker	30	-	-
Marginal Worker	273	165	108

Caste Factor

In Ekdal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 33.19 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 30.25 % of total population in Ekdal village.

Work Profile

In Ekdal village out of total population, 303 were engaged in work activities. 9.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 303 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.