Ekrakhi
Sagardighi block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742237
· village code 314289
Population 2011
2,516
Census of India
Population 2020
2,590
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.9%
74 people · 0.3% a year
Households
559
+0.5% vs 556 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,516
Male / female
1,304 / 1,212
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
362
Literacy rate
58.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
544 / 195
Working population
777
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.1%
Households
556
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
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
232
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
490
Non-farm households
69
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
275 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
275 / 275 / 275
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Moregram panchayat, Sagardighi 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
₹53.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹94.92 lakh
Received directly
₹75,636
Spent
₹1.00 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.52 lakh · received ₹39.05 lakh · spent ₹40.48 lakh · left ₹20.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.81 lakh · received ₹55.87 lakh · spent ₹59.61 lakh · left ₹28.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3345, 88.0303 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Murshidabad ·
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