About Icha Village

Icha is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,995, made up of 1,024 males and 971 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1137 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Icha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Icha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	1137 hectares
Population	1,995
Male Population	1,024
Female Population	971
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Icha compares

By the 2011 count Icha is the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 1137 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Icha

Icha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Icha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Icha from other places

Icha lies about 27 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 8.5 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 Icha
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	8.5 km
District headquarters	Khunti	27 km

Villages closest to Icha

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

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Common questions about Icha

As per the Census of India 2011, Icha village had a population of 1,995. That makes it the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Icha village has 1,024 males and 971 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Icha has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Icha is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Icha covers 1137 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Icha falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Icha is Bakaspur, about 8.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Icha.

Icha is about 27 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Icha is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 6.8 km away. Bakaspur is about 8.5 km away. Khunti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.