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About Itama Village

Itama is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 557 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197.11 hectares hectares.

Itama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itama village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 197.11 hectares
Population 1,069
Male Population 557
Female Population 512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 919
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 Itama compares

By the 2011 count Itama is the 60th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 197.11 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Itama

Itama is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Itama 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 Itama from other places

Itama lies about 51 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Bhadanpur, about 5.0 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 Itama
Nearest railway station Bhadanpur 5.0 km
Nearest town Maihar 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 24 km
District headquarters Katni 51 km

Villages closest to Itama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itama village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 60th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Itama village has 557 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itama has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Itama covers 197.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Itama falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Itama is Bhadanpur, about 5.0 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 Itama.

Itama is about 51 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itama is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Bhadanpur is about 5.0 km away. Maihar is about 9.6 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hinauta (3.3 km), Hadkhohari (5.4 km) and Dokariya (8.9 km).

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

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