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About Iktasa Village

Iktasa is a large village in Jhalrapatan tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,297, made up of 1,204 males and 1,093 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Iktasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Iktasa village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Jhalrapatan
Pincode 326021
Area (hectares) 582.2 hectares
Population 2,297
Male Population 1,204
Female Population 1,093
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Iktasa compares

By the 2011 count Iktasa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 582.2 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Iktasa

Iktasa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Iktasa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Iktasa from other places

Iktasa lies about 18 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 12 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 Iktasa
Nearest railway station Jhalarapatan 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jhalrapatan 14 km
Nearest town Jhālrapātan 14 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 18 km

Villages closest to Iktasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Iktasa village had a population of 2,297. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Iktasa village has 1,204 males and 1,093 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Iktasa has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Iktasa is 326021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Iktasa covers 582.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Iktasa falls under Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Iktasa is Jhalarapatan, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Iktasa.

Iktasa is about 18 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Iktasa is in Jhalrapatan tehsil of Jhalawar district. Jhalarapatan is about 12 km away. Jhalrapatan is about 14 km away. Jhālrapātan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Isarpura (1.9 km), Kalyan Pura (1.9 km) and Beelwa (2.2 km).

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

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