Ekarha
Chewara block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811304
· village code 244045
Population 2011
3,275
Census of India
Population 2020
3,438
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.0%
163 people · 0.5% a year
Households
676
+31.0% vs 516 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,275
Male / female
1,652 / 1,623
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
582
Literacy rate
39.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
195 / 11
Working population
1,533
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.3%
Households
516
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
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
658
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
66
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
176
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
600 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
600 / 450 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lohan panchayat, Chewara 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
₹11.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.17 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.34 lakh · received ₹5.65 lakh · spent ₹89,144 · left ₹6.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.35 lakh · received ₹8.53 lakh · spent ₹13.93 lakh · left ₹4.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1097, 85.8995 —
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