| Itachuna | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal # India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates: | 23.0352°N 88.3093°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hooghly |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 1,451 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
| Area Code: | 03454 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Hooghly |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Pandua |
Itachuna is a village and Itachuna-Khanyan is a gram panchayat in Pandua CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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).[1]
A short stretch of Polba-Khanyan Road links Itachuna to SH 13/ GT Road.[2] [3] The nearest railway station is Khanyan railway station.
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.[4] [5]
Itachuna Rajbari also known as "Bargee Danga"[6] 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 films like Lootera, Poran Jaye Jolia Re, Rajmohol etc.[7] [8]