About Icha Forest Village

Icha Forest is a small village in Kalimpong II tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 87 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Icha Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Icha Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Kalimpong II
Pincode	734317
Area (hectares)	261.43 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	87
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
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 Forest compares

By the 2011 count Icha Forest is the 26th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,025 residents. Its 261.43 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Icha Forest

Icha Forest is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Icha Forest 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. The nearest villages by name are Dalapachan Khasmahal, Dalapchan Ridge Reserve Forest, Dalapchan Slip Reserve Forest and Git Beong Khasmahal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Icha Forest village had a population of 165. That makes it the 26th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,025 residents.

Icha Forest village has 87 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Icha Forest has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Icha Forest is 734317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Icha Forest covers 261.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Icha Forest falls under Kalimpong II tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The census record for Icha Forest notes the nearest railway station 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 Forest.

Icha Forest is in Kalimpong II tehsil of Darjiling district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.