Ekamba
Burwan block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742168
· village code 315892
Population 2011
2,531
Census of India
Population 2020
2,822
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.5%
291 people · 1.2% a year
Households
703
+11.4% vs 631 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,531
Male / female
1,273 / 1,258
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
337
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
723 / 0
Working population
907
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.7%
Households
631
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
196
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
456
Non-farm households
245
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
192 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
192 / 77 / 19
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kuli panchayat, Burwan 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
₹71.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.79 lakh
Received directly
₹1.63 lakh
Spent
₹81.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹75.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.91 lakh · received ₹34.43 lakh · spent ₹34.24 lakh · left ₹29.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.12 lakh · received ₹49.36 lakh · spent ₹47.11 lakh · left ₹45.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9753, 87.9633 —
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