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Document And Entity Information
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Nov. 02, 2011
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]    
Document Type 10-Q  
Amendment Flag true  
Document Period End Date Sep. 30, 2011  
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2011  
Document Fiscal Period Focus Q2  
Trading Symbol exp  
Entity Registrant Name EAGLE MATERIALS INC  
Entity Central Index Key 0000918646  
Current Fiscal Year End Date --03-31  
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer  
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   44,899,310
Amendment Description Eagle Materials Inc., (the "Company") is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 4, 2011 ("Original Form 10-Q"), to revise the previous accounting treatment related to the reversing of a $3.0 million accrual, which was made in a prior year, during the quarter ended June 30, 2011. This amendment to the Original Form 10-Q is being made in response to a comment letter received by the SEC. We are restating our financial statements for the six month period ended September 30, 2011 to treat the $3.0 million as a correction of an error in the prior year, rather than a reduction of cost of goods sold in the quarter ended June 30, 2011. This restatement had no impact on our earnings before taxes, net earnings or earnings per share for the three month period ended September 30, 2011. Except for the above reversal of the accrual, the information in this Form 10-Q/A has not been updated to reflect events that occurred after November 4, 2011, the filing date of the Original Form 10-Q. Accordingly, this Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjunction with the Company's filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Form 10-Q. The following sections have been amended, without limitation: