Ekwari

Sahar block · Bhojpur district, Bihar · PIN 802208 · village code 247736

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 11,561 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 76,750 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

11,561

Male / female

5,976 / 5,585

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

935

Children aged 0–6

2,111

Literacy rate

59.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,750 / 1

Working population

3,959

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

82.7%

Households

1,877

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

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

1,290

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,244

Non-farm households

845

Share of households farming, 2020

60%

Net sown area

882 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

749 / 882 / 378

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ekwari panchayat, Sahar 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

₹5.35 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.07 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹22.79 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹63,210

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.78 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹10.88 lakh · left ₹9,978

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹1.57 lakh · received ₹10.87 lakh · spent ₹11.91 lakh · left ₹53,232

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.2793, 84.5868 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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