Ekanja
Para block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723155
· village code 330099
Population 2011
164
Census of India
Population 2020
169
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.0%
5 people · 0.3% a year
Households
34
0.0% vs 34 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
164
Male / female
85 / 79
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
23
Literacy rate
54.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
88
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.6%
Households
34
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
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
122
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
61
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
22
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bowridih panchayat, Para 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
₹63.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.10 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹78.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹37.09 lakh · received ₹23.47 lakh · spent ₹35.77 lakh · left ₹24.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.01 lakh · received ₹33.64 lakh · spent ₹42.95 lakh · left ₹16.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4955, 86.4661 —
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