About Umar Village

Umar is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 660 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 459 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177116
Area (hectares)	104.13 hectares
Population	963
Male Population	660
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	459
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umar compares

By the 2011 count Umar is the 25th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 104.13 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Umar

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

Umar lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Umar
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	36 km

Villages closest to Umar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Umar

As per the Census of India 2011, Umar village had a population of 963. That makes it the 25th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Umar village has 660 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umar has about 459 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Umar is 177116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umar covers 104.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Umar falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Umar.

Umar is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umar is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 7.4 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.