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About Ekurka Village

Ekurka is a mid sized village in Kaij tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,810, made up of 968 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 834.05 hectares hectares.

Ekurka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ekurka village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Kaij
Area (hectares) 834.05 hectares
Population 1,810
Male Population 968
Female Population 842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ekurka compares

By the 2011 count Ekurka is the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 834.05 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Ekurka

Ekurka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ekurka as Available within village. 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 Ekurka from other places

Ekurka lies about 33 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Kalamb Road, about 43 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 Ekurka
Tehsil headquarters Kaij 17 km
District headquarters Bid 33 km
Nearest railway station Kalamb Road 43 km

Villages closest to Ekurka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ekurka village had a population of 1,810. That makes it the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Ekurka village has 968 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ekurka has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Ekurka covers 834.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ekurka falls under Kaij tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ekurka is Kalamb Road, about 43 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 10+ km distance for Ekurka.

Ekurka is about 33 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ekurka is in Kaij tehsil of Bid district. Kaij is about 17 km away. Bid is about 33 km away. Kalamb Road is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kelgaon (2.7 km), Belgaon (3.1 km) and Dhotra (3.6 km).

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

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