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About Ektanga Village

Ektanga is a mid sized village in Tarabganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 617, made up of 276 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,236 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.75 hectares hectares.

Ektanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ektanga village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Tarabganj
Area (hectares) 110.75 hectares
Population 617
Male Population 276
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,236
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ektanga compares

By the 2011 count Ektanga is the 286th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents. Its 110.75 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Ektanga

Ektanga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ektanga as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ektanga from other places

Ektanga lies about 37 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Katra, about 4.2 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 Ektanga
Nearest railway station Katra 4.2 km
Nearest town Ayodhya 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarabganj 23 km
District headquarters Gonda 37 km

Villages closest to Ektanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ektanga village had a population of 617. That makes it the 286th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents.

Ektanga village has 276 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ektanga has about 1236 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Ektanga covers 110.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ektanga falls under Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ektanga is Katra, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Ektanga.

Ektanga is about 37 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ektanga is in Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district. Katra is about 4.2 km away. Ayodhya is about 9.1 km away. Tarabganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur (under 2 km), Kharagpur (under 2 km) and Makhdumpur (1.5 km).

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

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