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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Itarsi
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| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Itarsi junction stone.jpg
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| image_caption = ITARSI JN.
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.62|N|77.75|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hoshangabad district|Hoshangabad]]
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| leader_title = MLA
| leader_name = Dr. Sita Sharan Sharma
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 350
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| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/802345-itarsi.html|title=Itarsi Population|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref>
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 461111
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91 7572
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#MP.E2.80.94Madhya Pradesh|MP]]-05
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'''Itarsi ''' is a city and municipality in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]] in [[Hoshangabad District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/india/where-is-itarsi.html|title=Itarsi Location Map, Where is Itarsi|website=www.mapsofindia.com|access-date=2016-12-24}}</ref> Itarsi is a key hub for agricultural goods and is the biggest railway junction in Madhya Pradesh. Rail services from all 4 major metropolitan cities of India namely Mumbai to Calcutta and Delhi to Chennai pass through Itarsi.Itarsi has large number of agro-based industries and warehouses . Itarsi got its name by "eeta(eent)", (literally means brick in Hindi) and "rassi", (literally means rope in Hindi). Bricks and ropes had been made earlier in itarsi. It has Ordnance Factory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ofbindia.gov.in/units/index.php?unit=ofi|title=Indian Ordnance Factories: Ordnance Factory Itarsi|website=ofbindia.gov.in|access-date=2016-12-24}}</ref> The [[Bori Wildlife Sanctuary]] and [[Tawa Dam]] are nearby. Nearest airport [[Bhopal]].

== Geography ==
Itarsi is located at {{Coord|22.62|N|77.75|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Itarsi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Itarsi]</ref> It has an average elevation of 304 metres (997 feet).

=== Itarsi Tehsil Population Statistics ===
Itarsi is a sub district in the Hoshangabad district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The total population in Itarsi sub district is 240,719 as per the survey of census during 2011 by Indian Government.
Of this about 123,325 people are living in the urban (towns and cities) area and about 117,394 are living in villages (rural areas)

There are 49,297 House Holds in this sub district.

There are 124,898 males (52%); There are 115,821 females (48%).
Itarsi also have Indian Ordinance Factory.

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Itarsi had a population of 114,495. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Itarsi has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81% and female literacy is 69%. In Itarsi, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Itarsi comes under "Constituents of Urban Agglomerations of Madhya Pradesh" includes Itarsi (M), Pathrauta (part) (OG), Bhilakhedi (CT) and Meharagaon (CT).

{{see also|List of cities in Madhya Pradesh}}

== Administration ==
The city is a Tehsil under Hoshangabad District. It is a part of Hoshangabad Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) & comes under Hoshangabad - Narsinghpur Loksabha (Parliament) constituency.
It has a municipality with 34 wards and headed by a municipality chairperson.

== Transport ==

[[Itarsi Junction railway station]]

Itarsi is one of the biggest railway junctions in Madhya Pradesh, at the crossing of important east-west and north-south routes. Itarsi comes under [[West Central Railway]] zone whose headquarters is in [[Jabalpur]]. Itarsi is connected via [[broad gauge]] lines to [[Bhopal]] and [[Delhi]] to the north, [[Bhusawal]] and [[Mumbai]] to the west, the railway junctions of [[Nagpur]] to the south and [[Jabalpur]] to the east. Rail services from Mumbai to [[Guwahati]] and Delhi to [[Chennai]] pass through Itarsi.
250 trains are daily passing through. Itarsi runs one express train — Vindhyachal express — and it runs three passenger trains in Jabalpur route daily. Itarsi is the busy railway station in Bhopal division. The new platforms 6 and 7 opened for Jabalpur, Nagpur and Bhusawal routes.

Apart from railway, National Highway (NH-69) connects Itarsi to major cities Bhopal and Nagpur.
New Four lane roads are under the making in to be functional under 5 years. Four Duronto Express trains have technical halts at Itarsi.

'''Under construction project''' - * Itarsi-Bhusawal 3rd line. * Itarsi-nagpur 3rd line (Central Railway pushes Rs 140cr third line project in ghat section). * Itarsi-bhopal 3rd line. *

== References ==
[http://dmcitarsi.com/ DMC Itarsi]
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Hoshangabad district]]

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