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About Itaharwa Village

Itaharwa is a mid sized village in Benipur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,696, made up of 917 males and 779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60 hectares hectares.

Itaharwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itaharwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Benipur
Area (hectares) 60 hectares
Population 1,696
Male Population 917
Female Population 779
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Itaharwa compares

By the 2011 count Itaharwa is the 31st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,488 residents. Its 60 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Itaharwa

Itaharwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Itaharwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Itaharwa from other places

Itaharwa lies about under 2 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Darbhanga Junction, about under 2 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 Itaharwa
Nearest railway station Darbhanga Junction under 2 km
District headquarters Darbhanga under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Benipur 27 km

Villages closest to Itaharwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itaharwa village had a population of 1,696. That makes it the 31st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,488 residents.

Itaharwa village has 917 males and 779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itaharwa has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Itaharwa covers 60 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Itaharwa falls under Benipur tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Itaharwa is Darbhanga Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Itaharwa.

Itaharwa is about under 2 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itaharwa is in Benipur tehsil of Darbhanga district. Darbhanga Junction is about under 2 km away. Darbhanga is about under 2 km away. Benipur 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 Parkhotimpur (12 km), Upardaha (16 km) and Semraon (17 km).

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

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