Lešnica, Kičevo

Lešnica (Лешница, Leshnicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality.

Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 15 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Lešnica was inhabited by a 128 Muslim Albanians and 103 Serbian-speaking Orthodox Albanians.

As of the 2021 census, Lešnica had 95 residents with the following ethnic composition:
 * Albanians 70
 * Macedonians 20
 * Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 5

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
 * Albanians 182
 * Macedonians 37