# Purbba Ichapur Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purbba Ichapur

Purbba Ichapur is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,776 people in 597 households**, the 20th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,776people (2011)
- 597households
- 68.4%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Ichapur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Ichapur in 2011, 69 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purbba Ichapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**15%

Tap water ****13%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**78%

Use banking services ****61%**

**46%

Television ****37%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**18%

Own their home ****88%**

**92%

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 Purbba Ichapur?

■ Purbba Ichapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**940

Working population ****34.3%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 63.9% for women. 56% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 65 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (7%) · **■** Household industry 72 (8%) · **■** Other work 546 (57%) · **■** Marginal 203 (21%)

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 Barasat - I

- Chhota Jagulia4,043 people
- Faldi3,595 people
- Fateabad3,455 people
- Isubati3,388 people
- Charkhara2,772 people
- Kalianai2,689 people
- Panshila2,656 people
- Santoshpur2,628 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Ichapur?2,776 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Ichapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Ichapur?68.4% (Census 2011)