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{{other uses|Ichhapur (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Ichhapur Defence Estate
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
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| area_total_km2 = 2.31
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| population_total = 5,219
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 743144
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 33
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Noapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Noapara]]
| website = {{URL|north24parganas.nic.in}}
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-WB]]
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'''Ichhapur Defence Estate''' is a [[census town]] in [[Barrackpore I]] CD Block in [[Barrackpore subdivision]]<ref>[http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425193215/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |date=2009-04-25 }}</ref> in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Ichhapur is located at {{Coord|22.81|N|88.37|E|}}. It has an average elevation of {{convert|12|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Ichapur.html | title = Ichhapur, India Page | access-date = 2008-08-19 | work =West Bengal | publisher = Falling Rain Genomics}}</ref>

96% of the population of [[Barrackpore subdivision]] (partly presented in the map alongside) live in urban areas. In 2011, it had a density of population of 10,967 per km2 The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns.<ref name=handbook2013>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref>

For most of the cities/ towns information regarding density of population is available in the Infobox. Population data is not available for neighbourhoods. It is available for the entire municipal area and thereafter ward-wise.

All places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map.

===Police station===
Naihati police station under [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over Naihati municipal area and [[Barrackpore I]] CD Block, including [[Barrackpur Cantonment|Barrackpur Cantonment Board]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 11 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/bkp_commissionerate.php | title = Barrackpore Police Commissionerate | work = List of Police Stations with telephone numbers | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 11 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143852/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/bkp_commissionerate.php | archive-date = 12 June 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Ichhapur Defence Estate had a total population of 5,219, of which 2,700 (52%) were males and 2,519 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 486. The total number of literates in Ichhapur Defence Estate was 4,125 (87.15% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 23 March 2016}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Ichhapur Defence Estate had a population of 10,348. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Ichhapur Defence Estate has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 75%. In Ichhapur Defence Estate, 7% of the population is under 6 years of age.

===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: [[Kanchrapara]] (M), [[Jetia]] (CT), [[Halisahar]] (M), [[Balibhara]] (CT), [[Naihati]] (M), [[Bhatpara]] (M), [[Kaugachhi]] (CT), [[Garshyamnagar]] (CT), [[Garulia]] (M), '''Ichhapur Defence Estate''' (CT), [[North Barrackpur]] (M), [[Barrackpur Cantonment]] (CB), [[Barrackpore]] (M), [[Jafarpur]] (CT), [[Ruiya]] (CT), [[Titagarh]] (M), [[Khardaha]] (M), [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] (CT), [[Panihati]] (M), [[Muragachha]] (CT) [[New Barrackpore]] (M), [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]] (CT), [[Talbandha]] (CT), [[Patulia]] (CT), [[Kamarhati]] (M), [[Baranagar]] (M), [[South Dumdum]] (M), [[North Dumdum]] (M), [[Dum Dum]] (M), [[Noapara, India|Noapara]] (CT), [[Babanpur]] (CT), [[Teghari]] (CT), [[Nanna, North 24 Parganas|Nanna]] (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and [[Panpur]] (OG).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher= Census of India 2011 | access-date = 7 June 2018}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Ichhapur Defence Estate covered an area of 2.31 km2. Amongst the medical facilities It had were 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home and 4 medicine shops. Amongst the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 7 middle schools and 6 secondary schools.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 791-794; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 795-796; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 19 June 2018}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Ordnance factories===
'''Rifle Factory, Ishapore''' 
When the [[East India Company]] wanted to establish a [[gunpowder]] factory, they selected the location at Ichapore (or Ishapore, as it was known in those days), where the Dutch [[Ostend Company]] had operated a gunpowder factory from 1712 to 1744. The new gunpowder factory was operational from 1791 to 1902. In the early years of the 20th century, the same site was used for the location of a rifle factory and the [[Rifle Factory Ishapore]] (also known as Ishapore Arsenal) was established in 1904. It was likened to the [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]], where the [[Royal Small Arms Factory]] produced the [[Lee–Enfield]] rifles, the main [[firearm]] used by the armed forces of the [[British Empire]], and was called the ‘Enfield of India’. Rifle Factory Ishapore has produced "blend of small arms from the kookriees, swords, bayonets, revolvers, pistols, carbines, muskets, bazooka launcher rockets to 7.62 SLR Ishapore Rifles, 9mm Auto Pistols and 5.56 INSAS."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://rfi.gov.in/DESIGN/WWA.php?f=0 | title = Rifle Factory Ishapore | publisher = RFI | access-date = 14 July 2018}}</ref> The [[INSAS rifle|INSAS]] assault rifle has been the standard infantry weapon of the [[Indian Armed Forces]].<ref name=weary-army>{{cite news|title=INSAS-weary army shops for new infantry arms|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/article1381326.ece|access-date=28 May 2014|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=16 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Cutshaw2011">{{cite book|author=Charles Q. Cutshaw|title=Tactical Small Arms of the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Small Arms From Around the World| date=28 February 2011|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=1-4402-2482-X|page=207}}</ref><ref name=smallweapons>{{cite web|title=Manufacturing of Small Weapons|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=84268|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|access-date=29 May 2014|date=21 May 2012}}</ref> However, INSAS rifles are set to be replaced by an imported rifle, to be produced in the country later.<ref name="RetirementAndReplacement">{{cite news|title=INSAS rifles to retire; to be replaced by imported weapons|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/insas-rifles-to-retire-to-be-replaced-by-imported-weapons/articleshow/57479939.cms|access-date=16 April 2017|date=5 March 2017|work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

'''Metal and Steel Factory, Ishapore''' 
Metal and Steel Factory is the main producer of basic ferrous and non-ferrous inputs for military hardware. It has state-of-the art facilities for special steel making. The facilities were a part of the Gun and Shell Factory at [[Cossipore]] from 1862. The facilities were relocated at Ishapore in 1905 but continued to function as a part of the Gun and Shell Factory. In 1920, it became an independent unit under [[Ordnance Factories Board]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ofbindia.gov.in/units/index.php?unit=msf&page=about&lang=en | title = Metal and Steel Factory | publisher = Ordnance Factories Board | access-date = 14 July 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
Ichapur Defence Estate is on [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|State Highway 1]] (locally known as Ghoshpara Road). [[Ichhapur railway station]] is located nearby.<ref>Google maps</ref>

==Healthcare==
North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater|arsenic contamination]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )| access-date = 2007-08-24| work = Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India| publisher = SOES| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002938/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm| archive-date = 27 September 2007| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{North 24 Parganas District}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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>Walrus Ji at 12:41, 23 January 2021