# Icha Village, Gobindpur, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand)

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Village · Gobindpur, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Icha

Icha is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833201**. The 2011 Census counted **904 people in 210 households**, the 29th largest of 246 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.2%.

- 904people (2011)
- 210households
- 74.9%literacy
- 833201PIN code

## Icha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Icha is 833201.** Icha falls in Gobindpur sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833201
- Gram panchayatKuju
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code379681

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Icha from nearby towns?

- Rajnagar (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Sarikela-Kharswana (district HQ)27 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)13 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Icha?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Icha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Icha known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 65% of the 243 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Icha

Of every 100 households in Icha in 2011, 41 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Icha · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**88%

Use banking services ****40%**

**61%

Television ****35%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Icha?

■ Icha · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**63.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1255**

**969

Working population ****36.5%**

**43.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 64.6% for women. 48% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 86 (26%) · **■** Marginal 243 (74%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gobindpur

- Gajidih950 people
- Bita940 people
- Rora931 people
- Bankati909 people
- Bara Sijulata900 people
- Bandna898 people
- Tangarjora894 people
- Gobardhan887 people

[All 254 villages in Gobindpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/gobindpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Icha?833201
- How far is Icha from Sarikela-Kharswana?27 km by road
- What is the population of Icha?904 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Icha in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Gobindpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Icha?74.9% (Census 2011)
