About Itwan Village

Itwan is a mid sized village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,225, made up of 624 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350 hectares hectares.

Itwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Area (hectares)	350 hectares
Population	1,225
Male Population	624
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Itwan compares

By the 2011 count Itwan is the 60th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 350 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Itwan

Itwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Itwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Itwan from other places

Itwan lies about 30 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paharpur, about 1.8 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 Itwan
Nearest railway station	Paharpur	1.8 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wazirganj	20 km
District headquarters	Gaya	30 km

Villages closest to Itwan

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

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Common questions about Itwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Itwan village had a population of 1,225. That makes it the 60th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Itwan village has 624 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itwan has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Itwan covers 350 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Itwan falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Itwan is Paharpur, about 1.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Itwan.

Itwan is about 30 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itwan is in Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Paharpur is about 1.8 km away. Bagaha is about 20 km away. Wazirganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.