Ichapur

Ichapur

Ishapore
Ichapur Ishapore
Village
	Ichapur Location in West Bengal, India Ichapur Ichapur (India)
	Coordinates: 22°48′N 88°22′E / 22.800°N 88.367°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Population (2011)
• Total	5,999
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	743249 (Ichapur)
Telephone/STD code	03215
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangaon
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gaighata
Website	north24parganas.nic.in

Ichapur (also known as Ishapore) is a village and a gram panchayat in the Gaighata CD block in the Bangaon subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Civic administration

Ichapur is part of the Gaighata community development block in Bangaon subdivision of North 24 Parganas district. Ichapur I, Ichapur II, are part of the Gaighata West Bengal Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency. ^[1]

1) Ichapur I office in Gaighata.

2) Ichapur II office in Thakurnagar.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ichapur had a total population of 5,999, of which 3,090 were males and 2,909 were females.

Education

Village has 2 primary schools and one higher secondary school. It also has a girls Secondary School. Ichapur Free Primary School is the oldest Primary School in this locality. It is more than 150 Years old. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar paid a visit in this school. Ichapur High School, a Co Ed School of this area is a leading School of this subdivision. In 2011, it has been announced as Model Resource Centre of Gaighata Block by the Sarva Sikhsha Mission. More than 1200 students study in this school. Besides normal secondary and Higher secondary section, it also provides Tailoring, Health Worker and Telephone Mobile Repairing courses which are done for VIII pass persons. Recently Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya, an approved body of Govt. of West Bengal has recognized it as a study centre for Madhyamik.

Transport

Nearest rail station is Gobardanga (5 km). It is Connected by Bus -DN12, Auto services and trolley van services. One can travel by car from Maslandpur or Gobardanga. The distance between Ichapur and Sealdah is 62 km. While Gaighta Police Station is 3 km away.

References

^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

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