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About Itahari Village

Itahari is a large village in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,218, made up of 2,215 males and 2,003 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559 hectares hectares.

Itahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itahari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dhamdaha
Area (hectares) 559 hectares
Population 4,218
Male Population 2,215
Female Population 2,003
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Itahari compares

By the 2011 count Itahari is the 25th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 559 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Itahari

Itahari 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 Itahari 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 Itahari from other places

Itahari lies about 29 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Bakhri, about 17 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 Itahari
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdaha 13 km
Nearest railway station Bakhri 17 km
Nearest town Bihārīganj 27 km
District headquarters Purnia 29 km

Villages closest to Itahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itahari village had a population of 4,218. That makes it the 25th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Itahari village has 2,215 males and 2,003 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itahari has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Itahari covers 559 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Itahari falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Itahari is Bakhri, about 17 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 Itahari.

Itahari is about 29 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itahari is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Dhamdaha is about 13 km away. Bakhri is about 17 km away. Bihārīganj 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 Mali (2.2 km), Pirankar (3.0 km) and Baradghatta (3.9 km).

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

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