About Icha Village

Icha is a mid sized village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 904, made up of 445 males and 459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Icha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Icha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	243 hectares
Population	904
Male Population	445
Female Population	459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
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 Icha compares

By the 2011 count Icha is the 28th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Icha

Icha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Icha 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 Icha from other places

Icha lies about 32 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 10 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
Nearest railway station	Chaibasa	10 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	19 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	32 km

Villages closest to Icha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gobindpur 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 904. That makes it the 28th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Icha village has 445 males and 459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Icha has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Icha is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Icha covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Icha falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Icha is Chaibasa, about 10 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 Icha.

Icha is about 32 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Icha is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Chaibasa is about 10 km away. Chāībāsa is about 11 km away. Gobindpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.