About Umar Village

Umar is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 112 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,366 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176096, 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	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176096
Area (hectares)	31.69 hectares
Population	265
Male Population	112
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,366
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 80th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 31.69 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

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 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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	Jaisinghpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	37 km

Villages closest to Umar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaisinghpur 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 265. That makes it the 80th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Umar village has 112 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umar has about 1366 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Umar is 176096. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umar covers 31.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Umar falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umar is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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 28 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 Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 13 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.