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About Umaria Village

Umaria is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 740, made up of 375 males and 365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umaria village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Mungeli
Pincode 495334
Area (hectares) 217.36 hectares
Population 740
Male Population 375
Female Population 365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umaria compares

By the 2011 count Umaria is the 101st largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 217.36 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Umaria

Umaria is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umaria 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 Umaria from other places

Umaria lies about 52 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 42 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 Umaria
Tehsil headquarters Mungeli 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 42 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 52 km

Villages closest to Umaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umaria village had a population of 740. That makes it the 101st largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Umaria village has 375 males and 365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umaria has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Umaria is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umaria covers 217.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umaria falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Umaria is Kargi Road, about 42 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 Umaria.

Umaria is about 52 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umaria is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 8.7 km away. Kargi Road is about 42 km away. Bilaspur is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rani Umaria (under 2 km), Jamkor (under 2 km) and Kanteli (under 2 km).

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

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