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About Itwan Village

Itwan is a mid sized village in Tahrauli tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 302 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 768 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.12 hectares hectares.

Itwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itwan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Tahrauli
Area (hectares) 249.12 hectares
Population 534
Male Population 302
Female Population 232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 768
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Itwan compares

By the 2011 count Itwan is the 107th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents. Its 249.12 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Itwan

Itwan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Itwan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Itwan from other places

Itwan lies about 26 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Nivari, 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 Itwan
Nearest town Nivāri 10 km
Nearest railway station Nivari 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tahrauli 20 km
District headquarters Jhansi 26 km

Villages closest to Itwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itwan village had a population of 534. That makes it the 107th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents.

Itwan village has 302 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itwan has about 768 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Itwan covers 249.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Itwan falls under Tahrauli tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Itwan is Nivari, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Itwan.

Itwan is about 26 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itwan is in Tahrauli tehsil of Jhansi district. Nivāri is about 10 km away. Nivari is about 12 km away. Tahrauli is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pahari Khurd (under 2 km), Karguwan Khurd (1.8 km) and Sikari Khurd (3.2 km).

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

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