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About Ekderwa Village

Ekderwa is a mid sized village in Bagaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 964, made up of 534 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ekderwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ekderwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Bagaha
Pincode 845101
Area (hectares) 334 hectares
Population 964
Male Population 534
Female Population 430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 805
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ekderwa compares

By the 2011 count Ekderwa is the 75th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents. Its 334 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Ekderwa

Ekderwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ekderwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ekderwa from other places

Ekderwa lies about 25 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 7.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ekderwa
Nearest railway station Chamua 7.1 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 8.8 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagaha 33 km

Villages closest to Ekderwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bagaha tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Ekderwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Ekderwa village had a population of 964. That makes it the 75th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents.

Ekderwa village has 534 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ekderwa has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Ekderwa is 845101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ekderwa covers 334 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ekderwa falls under Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ekderwa is Chamua, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ekderwa.

Ekderwa is about 25 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ekderwa is in Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chamua is about 7.1 km away. Rāmnagar is about 8.8 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mathiya (6.3 km), Bakwa (9.3 km) and Subi Bakwa (9.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ekderwa today is likely to be higher.

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