Ekuria observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Ekuria is a village in Khoyrasol mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. It has a population of 651 spread across 140 households with a literacy rate of 59.8%. The village is located at coordinates 23.874°N, 87.264°E and falls under PIN 731125.
By population, Ekuria ranks #81 of 170 villages in Khoyrasol mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ekuria is a village of 651 people in 140 households (Census 2011) in Khoyrasol block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 81st-largest of 170 villages in Khoyrasol block. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Birbhum district centre, 6 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 13 km from Panchra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731125, served by Khoyrasole post office; the LGD village code is 318298. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rajnagar BPHC, 10 km away. The sarpanch is RUPA GOP, and the village votes in Dubrajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anup Kumar Saha. The population is estimated at 728 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lokepur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekuria · this village | 651 | 60% | — |
| Chandrapur · Maheshpur | 297 | 68% | 0.6 km NE |
| Chandrapur · Baharagora | 361 | 52% | 0.6 km NE |
| Putka · Khoyrasol | 835 | 64% | 0.8 km W |
| Putka · Ranishwar | 499 | 45% | 1.2 km W |
| Kunduakori · Khoyrasol | 0 | — | 1.7 km E |
| Jamalchak · Khoyrasol | 0 | — | 1.9 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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