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About Umaria Village

Umaria is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 634 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493338, 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 Pathariya
Pincode 493338
Area (hectares) 372.57 hectares
Population 1,191
Male Population 634
Female Population 557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umaria compares

By the 2011 count Umaria is the 49th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 372.57 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 26 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dagori, about 13 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
Nearest railway station Dagori 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathariya 14 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 23 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 26 km

Villages closest to Umaria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathariya 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 1,191. That makes it the 49th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Umaria village has 634 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umaria has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Umaria is 493338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umaria covers 372.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umaria falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Umaria is Dagori, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Umaria.

Umaria is about 26 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 Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Dagori is about 13 km away. Pathariya is about 14 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramtala (under 2 km), Kakedi (1.6 km) and Lohda (2.3 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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