About Ekdanga Village

Ekdanga is one of the larger villages in Barh tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,336, made up of 2,908 males and 2,428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares.

Ekdanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ekdanga village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Barh
Area (hectares)	254 hectares
Population	5,336
Male Population	2,908
Female Population	2,428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ekdanga compares

By the 2011 count Ekdanga is the 7th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,532 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Ekdanga

Ekdanga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ekdanga as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ekdanga from other places

Ekdanga lies about 61 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Barh, about 8.0 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 Ekdanga
Nearest railway station	Barh	8.0 km
Nearest town	Bārh	10 km
District headquarters	Patna	61 km

Villages closest to Ekdanga

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

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Common questions about Ekdanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Ekdanga village had a population of 5,336. That makes it the 7th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,532 residents.

Ekdanga village has 2,908 males and 2,428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ekdanga has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 870.

Ekdanga covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ekdanga falls under Barh tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ekdanga is Barh, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ekdanga.

Ekdanga is about 61 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ekdanga is in Barh tehsil of Patna district. Barh is about 8.0 km away. Bārh is about 10 km away. Patna is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.