sentences:  In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted i by the British Mandate authorities, Bayt 'Itab had a population of 504 residents; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 606, still all Muslims, in a total of 187 houses.It was in the sub-district of Ramle, but due to the rearrangement of district boundaries it was later in the sub-district of Jerusalem.The original layout of Bayt ʿIṭāb was circular, but newer construction to the southwest (towards Sufla), gave the village an arc-shape.