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About Purbba Ichapur Village

Purbba Ichapur is a large village in Barasat I tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,776, made up of 1,433 males and 1,343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 700125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Ichapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Ichapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Barasat I
Pincode 700125
Area (hectares) 97.42 hectares
Population 2,776
Male Population 1,433
Female Population 1,343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purbba Ichapur compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Ichapur is the 20th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,503 residents. Its 97.42 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Purbba Ichapur

Purbba Ichapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purbba Ichapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purbba Ichapur from other places

Purbba Ichapur lies about 17 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Guma, about 3.6 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 Purbba Ichapur
Nearest railway station Guma 3.6 km
Nearest town Hābra 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Barasat I 17 km
District headquarters North Twenty Four Parganas 17 km

Villages closest to Purbba Ichapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barasat I 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 Purbba Ichapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Ichapur village had a population of 2,776. That makes it the 20th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,503 residents.

Purbba Ichapur village has 1,433 males and 1,343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Ichapur has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Purbba Ichapur is 700125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Ichapur covers 97.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purbba Ichapur falls under Barasat I tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purbba Ichapur is Guma, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Purbba Ichapur.

Purbba Ichapur is about 17 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbba Ichapur is in Barasat I tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Guma is about 3.6 km away. Hābra is about 7.6 km away. Barasat I is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barbaria (4.7 km), Joypul (5.4 km) and Dogachhia (5.5 km).

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

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