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About Umargaon Village

Umargaon is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 229 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umargaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 496.76 hectares
Population 457
Male Population 229
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umargaon compares

By the 2011 count Umargaon is the 116th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 496.76 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Umargaon

Umargaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umargaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umargaon from other places

Umargaon lies about 57 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 71 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 Umargaon
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 5.5 km
District headquarters Bastar 57 km
Nearest railway station Bade Arapur 71 km

Villages closest to Umargaon

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

Common questions about Umargaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Umargaon village had a population of 457. That makes it the 116th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Umargaon village has 229 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umargaon has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Umargaon is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umargaon covers 496.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umargaon falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Umargaon is Bade Arapur, about 71 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Umargaon.

Umargaon is about 57 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umargaon is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 5.5 km away. Bastar is about 57 km away. Bade Arapur is about 71 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deokhargaon (under 2 km), Bansirsi (1.5 km) and Gulbha (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Umargaon today is likely to be higher.

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