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About Itawa Village

Itawa is a large village in Gangapur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,054, made up of 1,099 males and 955 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares.

Itawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itawa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Gangapur
Area (hectares) 227 hectares
Population 2,054
Male Population 1,099
Female Population 955
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Itawa compares

By the 2011 count Itawa is the 33rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Itawa

Itawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Itawa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Itawa from other places

Itawa lies about 70 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Kudra, about 12 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 Itawa
Nearest railway station Kudra 12 km
Nearest town Bhabhua 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangapur 27 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 70 km

Villages closest to Itawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangapur 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 Itawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Itawa village had a population of 2,054. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Itawa village has 1,099 males and 955 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itawa has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Itawa covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Itawa falls under Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Itawa is Kudra, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Itawa is about 70 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itawa is in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Kudra is about 12 km away. Bhabhua is about 14 km away. Gangapur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shingi (6.1 km), Bhiw Dhanora (6.6 km) and Gavli Dhanora (6.6 km).

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

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