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About Umjhar Village

Umjhar is a mid sized village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 745, made up of 353 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umjhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Baikunthpur
Pincode 497335
Area (hectares) 255 hectares
Population 745
Male Population 353
Female Population 392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Umjhar compares

By the 2011 count Umjhar is the 62nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 255 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Umjhar

Umjhar 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 Umjhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Telaidhar, Temri, Tenduwa and Tengni. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Umjhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Umjhar village had a population of 745. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Umjhar village has 353 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umjhar has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Umjhar is 497335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umjhar covers 255 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umjhar falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Umjhar notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Umjhar is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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