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About Umrakh Village

Umrakh is a mid sized village in Bardoli tehsil, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,496, made up of 767 males and 729 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 726.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394345, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umrakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umrakh village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Surat
Tehsil Bardoli
Pincode 394345
Area (hectares) 726.8 hectares
Population 1,496
Male Population 767
Female Population 729
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Umrakh compares

By the 2011 count Umrakh is the 30th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,824 residents. Its 726.8 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Umrakh

Umrakh 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 Umrakh as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umrakh from other places

Umrakh lies about 56 km from Surat, and the nearest railway station is Anaval, about 5.8 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 Umrakh
Nearest railway station Anaval 5.8 km
Nearest town Vyāra 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Bardoli 30 km
District headquarters Surat 56 km

Villages closest to Umrakh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umrakh village had a population of 1,496. That makes it the 30th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,824 residents.

Umrakh village has 767 males and 729 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umrakh has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Umrakh is 394345. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umrakh covers 726.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umrakh falls under Bardoli tehsil of Surat district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Umrakh is Anaval, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Umrakh.

Umrakh is about 56 km from Surat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umrakh is in Bardoli tehsil of Surat district. Anaval is about 5.8 km away. Vyāra is about 28 km away. Bardoli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanai (8.9 km), Pardi Valod (17 km) and Uva (18 km).

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

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