# Ichhabari Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Ichhabari

Ichhabari is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,202 people in 294 households**, the 51st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,202people (2011)
- 294households
- 93.0%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ichhabari

Of every 100 households in Ichhabari in 2011, 2 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ichhabari · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****42%**

**36%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**21%

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 Ichhabari?

■ Ichhabari · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**943

Working population ****30.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 89.9% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (25%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (11%) · **■** Marginal 171 (47%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Baman Bar1,230 people
- Deulbar1,224 people
- Kashimpur1,220 people
- Satsanda1,218 people
- Tania Bila1,169 people
- Mangalpur1,161 people
- Kharika Patna1,154 people
- Kainara1,118 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ichhabari?1,202 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ichhabari in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ichhabari?93.0% (Census 2011)