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About Ekrukha Village

Ekrukha is a mid sized village in Ghansawangi tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 252 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 402.87 hectares hectares.

Ekrukha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ekrukha village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Ghansawangi
Area (hectares) 402.87 hectares
Population 508
Male Population 252
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ekrukha compares

By the 2011 count Ekrukha is the 111th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents. Its 402.87 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Ekrukha

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

Ekrukha lies about 41 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Ranjani, about 24 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 Ekrukha
Tehsil headquarters Ghansawangi 5.9 km
Nearest town Ambad 23 km
Nearest railway station Ranjani 24 km
District headquarters Jalna 41 km

Villages closest to Ekrukha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ekrukha village had a population of 508. That makes it the 111th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents.

Ekrukha village has 252 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ekrukha has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Ekrukha covers 402.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ekrukha falls under Ghansawangi tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ekrukha is Ranjani, about 24 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 Ekrukha.

Ekrukha is about 41 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ekrukha is in Ghansawangi tehsil of Jalna district. Ghansawangi is about 5.9 km away. Ambad is about 23 km away. Ranjani is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devhiwra (under 2 km), Dahigavhan Bk (2.0 km) and Donsi Bk (2.0 km).

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

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