Ekchala
Gangajal Ghati block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722133
· village code 326274
Population 2011
1,012
Census of India
Population 2020
1,180
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.6%
168 people · 1.7% a year
Households
250
+12.6% vs 222 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,012
Male / female
507 / 505
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
114
Literacy rate
57.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
484 / 0
Working population
508
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
23.8%
Households
222
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
149
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 5 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhaktabundh panchayat, Gangajal Ghati 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
₹55.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.82 lakh
Received directly
₹79,867
Spent
₹73.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.69 lakh · received ₹22.94 lakh · spent ₹30.62 lakh · left ₹23.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.52 lakh · received ₹32.88 lakh · spent ₹42.41 lakh · left ₹14.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3694, 87.0510 —
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