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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUMAR SAHU
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- LGD code
- 348515
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population
- 258
- Households
- 50
- Literacy rate
- 43.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 116
- Distance to district centre
- 71 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 62 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 61 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 272 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barlanga · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Singhpur Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ichatu compares
By population, Ichatu ranks #47 of 78 villages in Kunda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.4%
+8.8% vs mandal average
- Ichatu
- 43.4%
- Kunda mandal
- 34.6%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+54 vs mandal average
- Ichatu
- 1,000
- Kunda mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
- Ichatu
- 5.2
- Kunda mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ichatu at a glance
Ichatu is a village of 258 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Kunda block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 47th-largest of 78 villages in Kunda block. Literacy is 43%, 9 points above the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Chatra district centre, 3 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 6 km from Barlanga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825404, served by Pratappur (Chatra) post office; the LGD village code is 348515. The nearest hospital or health centre is Singhpur Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR SAHU. The population is estimated at 560 in 2026, up 117% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kunda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ichatu · this village | 258 | 43% | — |
| Ichatu · Jhalda - I | 441 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Ichatu · Dulmi | 3,263 | 57% | 0 km N |
| Rakshabera · Jhalda - I | 0 | — | 0.7 km NW |
| Chhoto Bakad · Jhalda - I | 1,243 | 55% | 1.3 km E |
| Hesatu · Panki | 662 | 36% | 1.6 km S |
| Hesatu · Tandwa | 938 | 44% | 1.6 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ichatu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUNDA
- Total area (ha)
- 101
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 38.24
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ichatu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ichatu
- LGD code
- 348515
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 258
- Population (projected 2026)
- 560
- Households
- 50
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 43.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.46717°N, 85.89082°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUMAR SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Kunda
Getting there
How to reach Ichatu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi61 kmcapital
- Kolkata272 km
- Hyderabad1026 km
- Delhi1039 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarlanga6 km
- Hospital / PHCSinghpur Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM36 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol Pump18 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University47 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station26 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)