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About Umariya Village

Umariya is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 260 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494777, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umariya village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Takhatpur
Pincode 494777
Area (hectares) 290.92 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 260
Female Population 262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umariya compares

By the 2011 count Umariya is the 140th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 290.92 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Umariya

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

Umariya lies about 30 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 16 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 Umariya
Tehsil headquarters Takhatpur 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Kalmitar 16 km
Nearest town Mungeli 27 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 30 km

Villages closest to Umariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umariya village had a population of 522. That makes it the 140th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Umariya village has 260 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umariya has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Umariya is 494777. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umariya covers 290.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umariya falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Umariya is Kalmitar, about 16 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 Umariya.

Umariya is about 30 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umariya is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 9.0 km away. Kalmitar is about 16 km away. Mungeli is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardi (under 2 km), Amane (under 2 km) and Kathmunda (1.8 km).

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

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