| Egercsehi | |
| Settlement Type: | Village (község) |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hungary |
| Coordinates: | 48.0531°N 20.2611°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Hungary |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Heves County |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Eger |
| Leader Party: | Independent |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | András Kovács[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.39 |
| Population Total: | 1,281 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 3321 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 36 |
| Website: | egerbakta.hu |
Egercsehi is a village in Heves County, Hungary. As of 2015, it has a population of 1,320, and 1,281 as of the 2021 estimate.[2]
The earliest written record of the village dates back to 1285.
Jews lived in the village in the 18th and 19th centuries until 1944, when most of the Jews from the village were murdered in the Holocaust. In the area of the village, the Nazis concentrated many Jews from the area, including the Jews of the village of Kál and Pétervására.
According the 2011 census, 82.3% of the population were of Hungarian ethnicity and 8.4% were Gypsies, 17.6% were undeclared, and 0.5% were German (due to dual identities, the total may be higher than 100%). The religious distribution was as follows: Roman Catholic 33%, Reformed 3.6%, Lutheran 0.4%, Greek Catholic 0.4%, non-denominational 26.8%, and 34.4% unknown.[3]