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About Itwa Village

Itwa is a small village in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 24 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.1 hectares hectares.

Itwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Zamania
Area (hectares) 112.1 hectares
Population 47
Male Population 24
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 958
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Itwa compares

By the 2011 count Itwa is the 248th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 112.1 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Itwa

Itwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Itwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Itwa from other places

Itwa lies about 37 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Barakalan, about 15 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 Itwa
Nearest railway station Barakalan 15 km
Nearest town Buxar 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Zamania 31 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 37 km

Villages closest to Itwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itwa village had a population of 47. That makes it the 248th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Itwa village has 24 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itwa has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

Itwa covers 112.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Itwa falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Itwa is Barakalan, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Itwa.

Itwa is about 37 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itwa is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Barakalan is about 15 km away. Buxar is about 27 km away. Zamania is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hankarpur (under 2 km), Harishankarpur (under 2 km) and Jamania Rural (2.6 km).

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

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