# Ichhapur Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ichhapur

Ichhapur is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,999 people in 1,481 households**, the 6th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 5,999people (2011)
- 1,481households
- 85.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ichhapur

Of every 100 households in Ichhapur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ichhapur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**3%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**91%

Use banking services ****64%**

**47%

Television ****43%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Ichhapur?

■ Ichhapur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**965

Working population ****37.2%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 80.9% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 587 (26%) · **■** Household industry 163 (7%) · **■** Other work 1,153 (52%) · **■** Marginal 91 (4%)

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 Gaighata

- Panchpota8,312 people
- Barasat7,441 people
- Angrail6,978 people
- Rampur6,936 people
- Bagchara5,745 people
- Mondalpara5,607 people
- Jaleshwar5,602 people
- Narikela5,222 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ichhapur?5,999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ichhapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ichhapur?85.4% (Census 2011)