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About Umri Village

Umri is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 131 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,260 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Thural
Pincode 176107
Area (hectares) 130.18 hectares
Population 296
Male Population 131
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,260
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umri compares

By the 2011 count Umri is the 23rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 130.18 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Umri

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

Umri lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 20 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 Umri
Tehsil headquarters Thural 3.4 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 20 km
District headquarters Kangra 28 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 38 km

Villages closest to Umri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umri village had a population of 296. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Umri village has 131 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umri has about 1260 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Umri is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umri covers 130.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umri falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umri is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 20 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 Umri.

Umri 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.

Umri is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 3.4 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 20 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.

The closest recorded villages are Duhak Kalan (under 2 km), Dabhi (1.6 km) and Duhak Khurd (1.8 km).

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

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