Ekra
Bagmundi block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723143
· village code 331633
Population 2011
1,575
Census of India
Population 2020
1,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
75 people · 0.5% a year
Households
390
+42.3% vs 274 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,575
Male / female
836 / 739
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
884
Children aged 0–6
301
Literacy rate
45.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
157 / 323
Working population
860
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.9%
Households
274
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
235 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 235 / 90
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baghmundi panchayat, Bagmundi 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
₹67.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.78 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.00 crore
Unspent at year end
₹56.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.88 lakh · received ₹36.53 lakh · spent ₹38.54 lakh · left ₹24.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.51 lakh · received ₹52.26 lakh · spent ₹61.48 lakh · left ₹31.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2252, 85.9764 —
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