Ekala
Piprauli block · Gorakhpur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 273401
· village code 185740
Population 2011
2,238
Census of India
Population 2020
3,608
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+61.2%
1,370 people · 5.5% a year
Households
452
+22.2% vs 370 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,238
Male / female
1,117 / 1,121
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,004
Children aged 0–6
321
Literacy rate
61.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
862 / 1
Working population
949
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.3%
Households
370
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
145
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
153
Non-farm households
93
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
136 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
76 / 136 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ekala panchayat, Piprauli zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹11.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.51 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.00 lakh · received ₹3.41 lakh · spent ₹4.33 lakh · left ₹3.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.37 lakh · received ₹5.11 lakh · spent ₹7.14 lakh · left ₹5.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7190, 83.3306 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gorakhpur district ·
School
staffing across Gorakhpur ·
…and across Uttar Pradesh