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About Itakhola Village

Itakhola is a large village in Hojai tehsil, in the district of Nagaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,360, made up of 1,232 males and 1,128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273.65 hectares hectares.

Itakhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itakhola village
Description Value
State Assam
District Nagaon
Tehsil Hojai
Area (hectares) 273.65 hectares
Population 2,360
Male Population 1,232
Female Population 1,128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Itakhola compares

By the 2011 count Itakhola is the 25th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 273.65 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Itakhola

Itakhola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Itakhola as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Itakhola from other places

Itakhola lies about 48 km from Nagaon, and the nearest railway station is Dhalpukhuri, about 1.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Itakhola
Nearest railway station Dhalpukhuri 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Hojai 6.3 km
Nearest town Lanka 6.3 km
District headquarters Nagaon 48 km

Villages closest to Itakhola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hojai tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Itakhola

As per the Census of India 2011, Itakhola village had a population of 2,360. That makes it the 25th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Itakhola village has 1,232 males and 1,128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itakhola has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Itakhola covers 273.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Itakhola falls under Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Itakhola is Dhalpukhuri, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Itakhola.

Itakhola is about 48 km from Nagaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itakhola is in Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district. Dhalpukhuri is about 1.6 km away. Hojai is about 6.3 km away. Lanka is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhal Pukhuri (2.0 km), Golaghatia Basti (5.1 km) and Hira Basti (5.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Itakhola today is likely to be higher.

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