Ekara
Brahmapuri block · Chandrapur
district, Maharashtra · PIN 441206
· village code 540844
Population 2011
1,096
Census of India
Population 2020
880
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-19.7%
-216 people · -2.4% a year
Households
344
+22.4% vs 281 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,096
Male / female
551 / 545
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
87 / 451
Working population
682
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.8%
Households
281
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
77
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
270
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
166 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
166 / 4 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ekara panchayat, Brahmapuri 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
₹23.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.64 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.59 lakh · received ₹1.69 lakh · spent ₹4.68 lakh · left ₹11.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.65 lakh · received ₹2.95 lakh · spent ₹5.95 lakh · left ₹5.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.3646, 79.7651 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Chandrapur district ·
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staffing across Chandrapur ·
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