About Umko Village

Umko is a mid sized village in Shankargarh tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 605 males and 621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 881.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umko village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Shankargarh
Pincode	497224
Area (hectares)	881.12 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	605
Female Population	621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umko compares

By the 2011 count Umko is the 15th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 881.12 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 987.

Getting to Umko

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

Umko lies about 62 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 66 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 Umko
Tehsil headquarters	Shankargarh	9.9 km
District headquarters	Surguja	62 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	62 km
Nearest railway station	Ambikapur	66 km

Villages closest to Umko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umko village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 15th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Umko village has 605 males and 621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umko has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Umko is 497224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umko covers 881.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umko falls under Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Umko is Ambikapur, about 66 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 10+ km distance for Umko.

Umko is about 62 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umko is in Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district. Shankargarh is about 9.9 km away. Surguja is about 62 km away. Ambikāpur is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.