Ishta, Polba - Dadpur

Ishta is a village located in the Polba - Dadpur Subdivision of Hooghly district of West Bengal. The village falls in Polba-Dadpur block and comes under Makalpur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Hooghly parliament constituency and Dhanekhali assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Ishta is 1.1 thousands out of which 578 are males and rest 517 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 894 females per 1000 males. There are around 108 teenagers in Ishta. It has literacy rate of 55% which means around 603 persons can read and write. Total 258 people belonging to scheduled caste and 309 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 232 households in Ishta, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 584. The pincode of Ishta is 712305 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Puinan Sub Post office
• Harit Branch Post office
• Sinhet Branch Post office
• Pawnan Branch Post office
• Ati Branch Post office

Schools

Ishta has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Babnan High School
• Porabazar R D M U Vidyalaya
• Panjipukur Smt. Tulsi Devi Smriti Vidyapith
• Harit High School
• Sarangpur High School(High School)

Hospitals

Ishta has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Jyotharan Sub-Center
• Dubirveri Sub-Center
• Mirkhila Sub-Center
• Satithan Sub-Center
• Anti Sub-Center

Banks

Ishta has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bandhan Bank Puinan
• Central Bank of India Makhalpur
• State Bank of India Satithan
• The West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Harit