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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Itachuna
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.0352|N|88.3093|E|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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| population_total = 1,451
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| area_code = 03454
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Pandua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandua]]
| website = {{URL|http://hooghly.gov.in/}}
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'''Itachuna''' is a [[village]] and Itachuna-Khanyan is a [[gram panchayat]] in [[Pandua (community development block)|Pandua]] CD Block in [[Chinsurah subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Itachuna had a total population of 1,451 of which 735 (51%) were males and 716 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 146. The total number of literates in Itachuna was 1,034 (79.23% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html | title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work = West Bengal – District-wise | publisher = Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 1 July 2017 | archive-date = 21 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161221211050/http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Transport==
A short stretch of Polba-Khanyan Road links Itachuna to [[State Highway 13 (West Bengal)|SH 13]]/ [[Grand Trunk Road|GT Road]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php | title = List of State Highways in West Bengal | publisher = West Bengal Traffic Police | access-date = 2 July 2017 | archive-date = 19 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161219094346/http://wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>Google maps</ref> The nearest railway station is [[Khanyan railway station]].

==Education==
[[File:Bejoy_Narayan_Mahavidyalaya_or_Itachuna_College_in_Hooghly_district_09.jpg|left|thumb|Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya at Itachuna]]
[[Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya]], a general degree college, was established at Itachuna in 1950. It is affiliated with the [[University of Burdwan]] and offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, political science, philosophy, economics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology and nutrition.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://bnmahavidyalaya.org/index.html | title = Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya | publisher = BNM | access-date = 30 June 2017 | archive-date = 1 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170701014936/http://bnmahavidyalaya.org/index.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/BejoyNarayanMahavidyalaya/Bejoy_Narayan_Mahavidyalaya.shtml | title = Bejoy Narayan Mahaviyalaya, Itachuna, Hooghly | publisher = College Admission | access-date = 30 June 2017 | archive-date = 2 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170702165613/http://www.collegeadmission.in/BejoyNarayanMahavidyalaya/Bejoy_Narayan_Mahavidyalaya.shtml | url-status = live }}</ref>

== Culture ==
[[File:Itachuna_Rajbari_11.jpg|left|thumb|Itachuna Rajbari]]

Itachuna Rajbari also known as "Bargee Danga"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blankslatechronicles.com/story-itachuna-palace-bengal-india/|title=Inside our Royal Past: A Haunting Story of the Itachuna Palace|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=24 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324082256/http://www.blankslatechronicles.com/story-itachuna-palace-bengal-india/|url-status=live}}</ref> became a tourist spot of Hooghly district. This was established by Kundan family originated from [[Maratha]] in 1766. Now the palace has been transformed into a heritage hotel. It is known for being the shooting location of many [[Hindi]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] films like [[Lootera]], Poran Jaye Jolia Re, [[Rajmohol]] etc.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/hotels-/-restaurants/rajbaris-to-come-up-as-boutique-hotels/articleshow/57145225.cms|title=Rajbaris to come up as boutique hotels|last=Roy|first=Tasmayee Laha|date=14 February 2017|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=28 September 2018|archive-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080301/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/hotels-/-restaurants/rajbaris-to-come-up-as-boutique-hotels/articleshow/57145225.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediaindia.eu/tourism/the-rajbaris-in-and-around-kolkata/|title=The Rajbaris in and around Kolkata|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021417/https://mediaindia.eu/tourism/the-rajbaris-in-and-around-kolkata/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Itachuna rajbari.jpg|thumb|Itachuna Rajbari]]

==References==
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{{Hooghly District}}

[[Category:Villages in Hooghly district]]

{{Hooghly-geo-stub}}

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KiraHutchinson4 at 11:35, 12 September 2024