About Ektara Village

Ektara is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 34 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,353 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ektara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ektara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	131 hectares
Population	80
Male Population	34
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,353
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ektara compares

By the 2011 count Ektara is the 193rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Ektara

Ektara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ektara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Ektara from other places

Ektara lies about 31 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 17 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 Ektara
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	17 km
Nearest town	Giridih	26 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	31 km

Villages closest to Ektara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ektara village had a population of 80. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Ektara village has 34 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ektara has about 1353 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Ektara is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ektara covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ektara falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ektara is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ektara.

Ektara is about 31 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ektara is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Devipur is about 17 km away. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 17 km away. Giridih is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.