About Itam Village

Itam is a mid sized village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 602 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 926 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Itam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	926 hectares
Population	1,219
Male Population	602
Female Population	617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Itam compares

By the 2011 count Itam is the 22nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 926 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Itam

Itam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Itam as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Itam from other places

Itam lies about 44 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 9.9 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 Itam
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	13 km
Nearest town	Simdega	38 km
District headquarters	Gumla	44 km

Villages closest to Itam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itam village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Itam village has 602 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itam has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Itam is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Itam covers 926 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Itam falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Itam is Kurkura, about 9.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Itam.

Itam is about 44 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itam is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Kurkura is about 9.9 km away. Basia is about 13 km away. Simdega is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.