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About Itahari Village

Itahari is a mid sized village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 642, made up of 286 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,245 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares.

Itahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itahari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Maharajganj
Area (hectares) 125 hectares
Population 642
Male Population 286
Female Population 356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,245
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Itahari compares

By the 2011 count Itahari is the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Itahari

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

Itahari lies about 23 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 3.0 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
Nearest railway station Bishunpur Mahuari Halt 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Maharajganj 6.8 km
Nearest town Mahārājgani 6.8 km
District headquarters Siwan 23 km

Villages closest to Itahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maharajganj 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 642. That makes it the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Itahari village has 286 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itahari has about 1245 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Itahari covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Itahari falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Itahari is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 3.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Itahari.

Itahari is about 23 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itahari is in Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district. Bishunpur Mahuari Halt is about 3.0 km away. Maharajganj is about 6.8 km away. Mahārājgani is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hahwa (under 2 km), Jigrawn (under 2 km) and Surbir (under 2 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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