Ichag
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331292
Population 2011
4,951
Census of India
Population 2020
5,837
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.9%
886 people · 1.8% a year
Households
1,147
+13.4% vs 1,011 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,951
Male / female
2,537 / 2,414
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
801
Literacy rate
55.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,275 / 119
Working population
1,898
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.0%
Households
1,011
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
382
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
46
Non-farm households
642
Share of households farming, 2020
7%
Net sown area
168 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
168 / 28 / 83
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ichag panchayat, Jhalda-I zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹56.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.45 lakh
Received directly
₹1.23 lakh
Spent
₹58.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.97 lakh · received ₹23.61 lakh · spent ₹27.29 lakh · left ₹14.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.24 lakh · received ₹33.84 lakh · spent ₹31.15 lakh · left ₹41.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3106, 85.9166 —
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