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About Itagar Village

Itagar is a mid sized village in Balagarh tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,994, made up of 989 males and 1,005 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Itagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Itagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Balagarh
Pincode 712146
Area (hectares) 325.92 hectares
Population 1,994
Male Population 989
Female Population 1,005
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Itagar compares

By the 2011 count Itagar is the 33rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 325.92 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Itagar

Itagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Itagar as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Itagar from other places

Itagar lies about 19 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Titagarh, about under 2 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 Itagar
Nearest town Titāgarh under 2 km
Nearest railway station Titagarh under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Balagarh 6.5 km
District headquarters Hugli 19 km

Villages closest to Itagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Itagar village had a population of 1,994. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Itagar village has 989 males and 1,005 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Itagar has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Itagar is 712146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Itagar covers 325.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Itagar falls under Balagarh tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Itagar is Titagarh, about under 2 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 village for Itagar.

Itagar is about 19 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Itagar is in Balagarh tehsil of Hugli district. Titāgarh is about under 2 km away. Titagarh is about under 2 km away. Balagarh is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baga (under 2 km), Patuli (1.5 km) and Sripur (3.8 km).

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

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