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About Ichahatu Village

Ichahatu is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 110 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107 hectares hectares.

Ichahatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ichahatu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Erki
Area (hectares) 107 hectares
Population 225
Male Population 110
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ichahatu compares

By the 2011 count Ichahatu is the 99th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 107 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Ichahatu

Ichahatu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ichahatu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ichahatu from other places

Ichahatu lies about 35 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 22 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ichahatu
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Erki 35 km
District headquarters Khunti 35 km

Villages closest to Ichahatu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Erki tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Ichahatu

As per the Census of India 2011, Ichahatu village had a population of 225. That makes it the 99th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Ichahatu village has 110 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ichahatu has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Ichahatu covers 107 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ichahatu falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ichahatu is Chakradharpur, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ichahatu.

Ichahatu is about 35 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ichahatu is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 22 km away. Erki is about 35 km away. Khunti is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bohonda (under 2 km), Sinjuri (2.7 km) and Kurunga (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ichahatu today is likely to be higher.

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