Ichhapur is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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in the
Faridpur Durgapur
Durgapur Faridpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Faridpur is an old village. The area was earlier densely f ...
CD block in the
Durgapur subdivision
Durgapur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in the western part of the district extends to the w ...
of the
Paschim Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district o ...
in the
India
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n
state
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West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
.
Geography
Location
Ichhapur is located at .
Banagram,
Mandarbani
Mandarbani is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Mandarbani is located at .
Banagram, Mandarbani, Sirsha, Na ...
,
Sirsha,
Nabaghanapur
Nabaghanapur is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Nabaghanapur is located at .
Banagram, Mandarbani, Sirsha, ...
,
Sarpi and Ichhapur form a series of census towns along the western border of Faridpur-Durgapur CD block.
Urbanisation
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at
Durgapur
Durgapur () is a planned tier-II urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the fourth largest urban agglomeration after Kolkata, Asansol and Siliguri in West Bengal ...
and 38 (+1 partly)
census town
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India
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s (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Ichhapur had a total population of 4,795 of which 2,483 (52%) were males and 2,312 (48%) were females. Population in the age range years was 484. The total number of literate persons in Ichhapur was 3,375 (78.29% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman'', Ichhapur covered an area of 2.5324 km
2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, uncovered well, hand pump. It had 414 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary/ health center, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the important commodities it produced were paddy, wheat and rice.
Economy
As per the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the
Bankola Area
Bankola Area is one of the 14 operational areas of Eastern Coalfields Limited located in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Bankola Area is located around
Bankola Area is ...
of
Eastern Coalfields
Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It operates coal mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India. It inherited all the priv ...
in 2018 are: Bankola Colliery, Khandra Colliery, Kumardih A Colliery, Kumardih B Colliery, Moira Colliery, Nakrakonda Colliery, Shankarpur Colliery, Shyamsundarpur Colliery and Tilaboni Colliery.
Education
Ichapur N.C. High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1965. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 13 computers, a library with 1,500 books and a playground.
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Lowapur, PO Ichhapur.
References
{{Paschim Bardhaman District
Cities and towns in Paschim Bardhaman district