About Umta Village

Umta is a large village in Makhdumpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,129, made up of 1,102 males and 1,027 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263 hectares hectares.

Umta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jehanabad
Tehsil	Makhdumpur
Area (hectares)	263 hectares
Population	2,129
Male Population	1,102
Female Population	1,027
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Umta compares

By the 2011 count Umta is the 39th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 263 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Umta

Umta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Umta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umta from other places

Umta lies about 23 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Ner Halt, about 3.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Umta
Nearest railway station	Ner Halt	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Makhdumpur	6.4 km
District headquarters	Jehanabad	23 km

Villages closest to Umta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Makhdumpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Umta

As per the Census of India 2011, Umta village had a population of 2,129. That makes it the 39th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Umta village has 1,102 males and 1,027 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umta has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Umta covers 263 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Umta falls under Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Umta is Ner Halt, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Umta.

Umta is about 23 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umta is in Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ner Halt is about 3.5 km away. Makhdumpur is about 6.4 km away. Jehanabad is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.