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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Chatra district|Chatra]]
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| population_total = 7121
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| demographics_type1 = Languages (*For language details see [[Itkhori block#Language and religion]])
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 825408
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| area_code = 06547
| registration_plate = JH 13
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chatra]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = <nowiki>[[Simaria (Vidhan Sabha) Assembly constituency</nowiki>
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[(Vidhan Sabha constituency){{!}}]]
| website = {{URL|chatra.nic.in/}}
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'''Itkhori''' is a village and [[gram panchayat]] in the [[Itkhori block|Itkhori]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Chatra subdivision]] of the [[Chatra district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Itkhori is located at {{coord|24.298744|N|85.162432|E|display=inline}}.
It is 35 km from [[Chatra, Jharkhand|Chatra]] and 16 km from [[Chauparan]] on [[National Highway 19 (India)|National Highway 19]] (old number NH2/ [[Grand Trunk Road]]).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jharkhanddarshan.nic.in/package-details.php?pkgid=5&pkgTypId=2| title = Maa Bhardraklali Mandir| publisher = Jharkhand Darshan| access-date = 12 January 2021| archive-date = 27 November 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202151/https://jharkhanddarshan.nic.in/package-details.php?pkgid=5&pkgTypId=2| url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Area overview===
The map alongside shows that the forests (mark the light shading), covering around 60% of Chatra district, are evenly spread across the district. It is a [[plateau]] area with an elevation of about {{convert|450|m|ft|0}} above mean sea level.<ref name="blocks">{{cite web | url = http://chatra.nic.in/blocks.html | title = Chatra - the official website | work = Blocks, Circles & Panchayats – List of villages under Panchayats | publisher = Chatra district authority | access-date = 15 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160627231221/http://chatra.nic.in/blocks.html | archive-date = 27 June 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Efforts are on to get the first unit of the [[NTPC Limited]]’s [[North Karanpura Thermal Power Station]] (3x660 MW), ready in 2021.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/pandemic-delays-ntpcs-mega-project-in-chatra/articleshow/78004765.cms|title = Pandemic delays NTPC's Karanpura mega project in Chatra | publisher= The Times of India, 9 September 2020 | access-date = 15 January 2021}}</ref>[[North Karanpura Coalfield]] of [[Central Coalfields Limited]], spread over {{convert|1230|km2}} in the southern part of the district, with spill over to neighbouring districts, and having coal reserves of 14 billion tonnes is among the biggest in India. The map provides links to three CCL operational areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sinclairenvironmental.com/karanpura/coalfields.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150516093809/http://sinclairenvironmental.com/karanpura/coalfields.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 May 2015 |title=The North Karanpura Coalfields |work=Jharkhand |publisher=sinclair-environmental |access-date=15 January 2021 }}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Itkhori (location code 349000) had a total population of 7,121, of which 3,568 (50%) were males and 3,553 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,141. The total number of literate persons in Itkhori was 4,742 (79.30% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url =https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2002_PART_B_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, Chatra, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Page 168: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 12 January 2021}}</ref>

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Itkhori police station serves Itkhori CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://jhpolice.gov.in/chatra | title= District Police Profile – Chatra | work= Contact Number | publisher= Jharkhand Police | access-date= 12 January 2021 | archive-date= 17 January 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210117060335/https://jhpolice.gov.in/chatra | url-status= dead }}</ref>

===CD block HQ===
Headquarters of Itkhori CD block is at Itkhori village.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5/uploads/2017/06/2018030936.jpg | title= Administrative Boundary Map, Chatra District, Jharkhand|publisher= Chatra district administration| access-date = 12 January 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
Bhadrakali College was established at Itkhori in 1979. Affiliated with the [[Vinoba Bhave University]] it offers courses in arts, science and commerce streams.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.boardunivresult.in/2013/09/bhadrakali-college-itkhori-results.html | title= Bhadrakali College, Itkhori |publisher= Board Univ Result| access-date = 20 January 2021}}</ref>

==Culture==
[[Gautama Buddha]] once stayed here for some time. His maternal aunt failed to disturb him in his meditation. She left the place with the comment "Iti khoi" which in [[Pali]] means "I lost him here". Later, the place came to be known as Itkhori. There are various Buddhist relics at Itkhori dating from 200 BC to 1200 AD. There is a ‘stupa’ like structure with 104 [[Bodhisattva]]s and four principal Buddhas sculpted on each side. Buddhist and Jain monks from different countries visit Itkhori round the year.<ref name="incredible">{{cite web | url = https://incredibleindia.org/content/incredibleindia/en/destinations/ranchi/itkhori.html | title = Itkhori | publisher = Incredible India | access-date = 12 January 2021 | archive-date = 17 October 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191017181745/https://www.incredibleindia.org/content/incredibleindia/en/destinations/ranchi/itkhori.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/cop-picket-plan-for-temple/cid/1341266 | title= Cop picket plan for temple |publisher= The Telegraph, 21 November 2017| access-date = 12 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="jharkhand">{{cite web| url = http://www.jharkhand.org.in/itkhori| title= Itkhori, Jharkhand |publisher=Jharkhand | access-date = 12 January 2021}}</ref>

Itkhori has the footprint of the 10th Jain [[tirthankara]], [[Shitalanatha]]. Plans are afoot for a Jain temple at Itkhori.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/chatra-jain-temple-to-be-build-at-itkhori-17756279.html | title= नवरात्र में शुरू होगा तीर्थंकर के मंदिर का निर्माण {Construction of Tirthankar's temple will start from Navaratri)| work= in Hindi |publisher= Jagaran, 31 March 2018 | access-date = 12 January 2021}}</ref>

The Ma Bhadrakali temple, built in the 9th century, has several ancient deities that includes the Hindu deity [[Bhadrakali]] and the Buddhist deity [[Tara (Buddhism)|Tara]].<ref name="incredible"/><ref name="jharkhand"/> Itkhori Mahotsav is organised annually in February.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jharkhandtourism.gov.in/eventsFestivalsDetails/36 | title = Event Content | work = Itkhori Mahotsav 2018 | publisher = Jharkhand Tourism | access-date = 12 January 2021 | archive-date = 1 November 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191101015449/http://jharkhandtourism.gov.in/eventsFestivalsDetails/36 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

It is believed that Siddhārtha Gautama travelled from Itkhori to [[Bodh Gaya]] where he attained enlightenment. Numerous Buddhist and Hindu sculptures have been unearthed at a village called Bihari, near Itkhori. It is also near [[Kauleshwari Temple]]. Many other sculptures have been found while digging wells etc. in the region. There are some valuable sculptures in the Bhadrakali Mandir Museum.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/deciphering-the-past/article23840307.ece | title= Deciphering the past |publisher= The Hindu, 11 May 2018| access-date = 12 January 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chatra District}}

[[Category:Villages in Chatra district]]

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