About Umarwahi Village

Umarwahi is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,542, made up of 743 males and 799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2013.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umarwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarwahi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	494335
Area (hectares)	2013.67 hectares
Population	1,542
Male Population	743
Female Population	799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umarwahi compares

By the 2011 count Umarwahi is the 13th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 2013.67 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1037.

Getting to Umarwahi

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

Umarwahi lies about 32 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhainsbod, about 29 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 Umarwahi
Nearest railway station	Bhainsbod	29 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	32 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	33 km

Villages closest to Umarwahi

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

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Common questions about Umarwahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarwahi village had a population of 1,542. That makes it the 13th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Umarwahi village has 743 males and 799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarwahi has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Umarwahi is 494335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umarwahi covers 2013.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umarwahi falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Umarwahi is Bhainsbod, about 29 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 Umarwahi.

Umarwahi is about 32 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarwahi is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bhainsbod is about 29 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 32 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.