Ekara is a small village in

Hajipur Hajipur (, ) is the headquarters and largest city of Vaishali district of the state of Bihar in India. Hajipur is the 16th most populous city of Bihar, besides being the second-fastest developing city, next to Patna. It had a total population ...

Tehsil/Block in

Vaishali District Vaishali district is a district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a part of Tirhut division. Vaishali is known for being the birthplace of Mahavira of the Jain religion. Hajipur, its largest city and district headquarters, is known for its ...

in Indian state of

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. It comes under Ekara Panchayat. It belongs to

Tirhut Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothill ...

Division. It is located 9 km towards North from District headquarters Hajipur. As per 2009 stats, Thathan Buzurg is the gram panchayat of Ekara village. And 23 km from State capital

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

. Sonpur, Hajipur, Lalganj are the nearby Cities to Ekara. This Place is in the border of the Vaishali District and Saran District.

Saran District Saran district is one of the thirty-eight Districts of Bihar, districts of Indian States and territories of India, state of Bihar. The district, part of Saran Division, is also known as Chhapra district after the headquarters of the district, Chha ...

Sonpur is west towards this place. Also it is in the Border of other district Patna.

Geography

The total geographical area of Ekara village is 38

hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...

s. Ekara has a total population of 878 peoples. There are about 140 houses in Ekara village.

is the nearest town to Ekara which is approximately 9 km away.

Demography

Ekara local Language is Maithili. According to

Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

2011 information the location code or village code of Ekara village is 235643. Ekara village total population is 878 and number of houses are 140. Female Population is 46.8%. village total

literacy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

rate is 62.2% and the female literacy rate is 24.5%. Scheduled Tribes population is 0.0% and Scheduled Caste population is 25.9%.

Transportation and Connectivity

Rail

Sarai railway station, Chakmakrand railways station are the very nearby

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

s to Ekara. Sonpur junction railway station (near to Hajipur),

junction railway station reachable from nearby towns. The

junction railway station is major railway station 22 km near to Ekara.

Road

Ekara has good road

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

s due to development efforts by the government.

are the nearby by towns to Ekara having road connectivity to Ekara. At the village nearest city is

approximately 9 km away.

Infrastructure

The Ekara village have a comprehensive regular

electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...

supply that efforts of local governing bodies have been introduced to provide power for

street A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...

lighting.

Images

File:Ekara village.jpg, View Ekara village File:Ekara Railway Crossing.jpg, Ekara Railway Crossing File:Ekara national highway 22.jpg, Ekara national highway & farming areas

References

{{Tirhut Division Villages in Vaishali district