Lead story
16
September 2026
newsSTATE
Debagada Police Seize 332 kg Ganja from Abandoned West Bengal Truck
Reported by Pragativadi.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CL
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Chumit Lepcha
Contact: 96****3593
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Icha Forest can update it.
- LGD code
- 306295
- Pincode
- 734301
- Post office
- Kalimpong
- Population
- 165
- Households
- 33
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Sex ratio
- 897 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 71
Census 2011 · in context
How Icha Forest compares
By population, Icha Forest ranks #16 of 28 villages in Lava mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
−10.1% vs mandal average
- Icha Forest
- 61.8%
- Lava mandal
- 71.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
897
−28 vs mandal average
- Icha Forest
- 897
- Lava mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Icha Forest
- 5.0
- Lava mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Icha Forest at a glance
Icha Forest is a village of 165 people in 33 households (Census 2011) in Lava block, Kalimpong district, West Bengal, the 16th-largest of 28 villages in Lava block. Literacy is 62%, 10 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 897 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 734301, served by Kalimpong post office; the LGD village code is 306295. The sarpanch is Chumit Lepcha, and the village votes in Kalimpong assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bharat Kumar Chetri. The population is estimated at 195 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shangse →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icha Forest · this village | 165 | 62% | — |
| Mansong Cinchona Plantation · Lava | 8,812 | 71% | — |
| Sangser Khasmahal · Lava | 3,516 | 71% | — |
| Rangpo Forest · Lava | 1,397 | 62% | — |
| Mangchu Forest · Lava | 1,210 | 57% | — |
| Sangser Forest · Lava | 0 | — | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Icha Forest
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 261.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 45.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 158.44
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Icha Forest
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Icha Forest
- LGD code
- 306295
- Pincode
- 734301
- Post office
- Kalimpong
- Population (Census 2011)
- 165
- Population (projected 2026)
- 195
- Households
- 33
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 897
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darjeeling
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalimpong
- Member of Parliament
- Raju Bista
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bharat Kumar Chetri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Chumit Lepcha
- Block / Mandal
- Lava
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 734301
- Kalimpong KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal8,881 pop
- Bhalukhop KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal5,254 pop
- Bong KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal4,220 pop
- Icha KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal4,176 pop
- Yang Makum KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal3,350 pop
- Pudung KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal2,382 pop
- Lolay KhasmahalLava mandal2,209 pop
- Samether KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal2,173 pop
- Samalbong KhasmahalKalimpong -I mandal2,050 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Icha Forest
Other villages in Lava mandal
View all 27 →- Mansong Cinchona Plantation
- Paiyong Khasmahal
- Git Dubling Khasmahal
- Sangser Khasmahal
- Santuk Khasmahal
- Dalapachan Khasmahal
- Git Beong Khasmahal
- Lolay Khasmahal
- Algarah Bazer D.I.F.
- Lava Bazar D.I.F.
- Palla Khasmahal
- Rangpo Forest
- Mangchu Forest
- Paygang Khasmahal
- Lava Forest
- Rissium Forest
- Paiengaon Forest
- Chumang Forest
- Dalapchan Ridge Reserve Forest
- Kolbong Forest
- Dalapchan Slip Reserve Forest
- Bokhim Khasmahal
- Khampong Forest
- Paktam Forest
- Raset Forest
- Saihur Forest
- Sangser Forest
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)