Itarhi is a Nagar Panchayat and corresponding
community development block in
Buxar district of
Bihar,
India. According to the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, its population is 10,275, in 1,711 households, while the total block population is 170,629, in 25,557 households.
Demographics
Itarhi is an entirely rural block, with no major urban centres. As of 2011, the
sex ratio of the block was 937 females to every 1000 males, which was higher than the Buxar district ratio of 922. The sex ratio was higher in the 0-6 age group, where it was 946 in Itarhi block compared to 934 in Buxar district overall. Members of
scheduled castes made up 18.05% of the block's population, and members of
scheduled tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
made up 1.18%. The overall
literacy rate of the block was 68.77% (79.65% among men and 57.14% of women), slightly below the district rate of 70.14%.
In 2011, most of Itarhi block's workforce was employed in
agriculture, with 33.64% of workers being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and another 52.04% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages. A further 1.74% were household industry workers (the lowest proportion in Buxar district) and the remaining 12.58% were other workers.
Villages
There are 167 villages in Itarhi block, 133 of which are inhabited and 34 of which are uninhabited.
References
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Villages in Buxar district