About Ekdanga Village

Ekdanga is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 357 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.16 hectares hectares.

Ekdanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ekdanga village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	48.16 hectares
Population	644
Male Population	357
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ekdanga compares

By the 2011 count Ekdanga is the 177th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 48.16 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Ekdanga

Ekdanga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ekdanga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ekdanga from other places

Ekdanga lies about 5.5 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Domingarh, about 3.5 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 Ekdanga
Nearest railway station	Domingarh	3.5 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	12 km

Villages closest to Ekdanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ekdanga village had a population of 644. That makes it the 177th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Ekdanga village has 357 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ekdanga has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Ekdanga covers 48.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ekdanga falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ekdanga is Domingarh, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ekdanga.

Ekdanga is about 5.5 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ekdanga is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Domingarh is about 3.5 km away. Gorakhpur is about 5.5 km away. Sahjanwa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.