About Eklara Village

Eklara is a large village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,448, made up of 1,835 males and 1,613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1254 hectares hectares.

Eklara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Eklara village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Chikhli
Area (hectares)	1254 hectares
Population	3,448
Male Population	1,835
Female Population	1,613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Eklara compares

By the 2011 count Eklara is the 11th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 1254 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 932.

Getting to Eklara

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

Eklara lies about 31 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 49 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 Eklara
Tehsil headquarters	Chikhli	12 km
District headquarters	Buldana	31 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	49 km

Villages closest to Eklara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Eklara village had a population of 3,448. That makes it the 11th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Eklara village has 1,835 males and 1,613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Eklara has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Eklara covers 1254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Eklara falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Eklara is Khamgaon, about 49 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 Eklara.

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

Eklara is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 12 km away. Buldana is about 31 km away. Khamgaon is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.