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About Itawai Village

Itawai is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 738, made up of 419 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 761 females per 1000 males. The village covers 647 hectares hectares.

Itawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itawai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 647 hectares
Population 738
Male Population 419
Female Population 319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 761
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Itawai compares

By the 2011 count Itawai is the 50th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 647 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Itawai

Itawai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Itawai as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Itawai from other places

Itawai lies about 81 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Bijaipur Road, about 8.5 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 Itawai
Nearest railway station Bijaipur Road 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 8.7 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 16 km
District headquarters Sheopur 81 km

Villages closest to Itawai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itawai village had a population of 738. That makes it the 50th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Itawai village has 419 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itawai has about 761 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 846.

Itawai covers 647 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Itawai falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Itawai is Bijaipur Road, about 8.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Itawai.

Itawai is about 81 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itawai is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Bijaipur Road is about 8.5 km away. Vijaypur is about 8.7 km away. Sabalgarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranawad (1.6 km), Garhi (2.4 km) and Bagrod (2.6 km).

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

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