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About Itana Village

Itana is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 120 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 252622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Itana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Gangolihat
Pincode 252622
Area (hectares) 73.6 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 120
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,133
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 Itana compares

By the 2011 count Itana is the 89th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 73.6 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Itana

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

Itana lies about 46 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 57 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 Itana
Nearest town Almora 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangolihat 28 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 46 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 57 km

Villages closest to Itana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itana village had a population of 256. That makes it the 89th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Itana village has 120 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itana has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Itana is 252622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Itana covers 73.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Itana falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Itana is Kathgodam, about 57 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 Itana.

Itana is about 46 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itana is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 19 km away. Gangolihat is about 28 km away. Pithoragarh is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aam Tana (under 2 km), Jwatha (2.7 km) and Bharkot (3.6 km).

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

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