About Umba Village

Umba is a mid sized village in Sanku tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 844, made up of 428 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 194103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umba village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Sanku
Pincode	194103
Area (hectares)	201.53 hectares
Population	844
Male Population	428
Female Population	416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umba compares

By the 2011 count Umba is the 20th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 201.53 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Umba

Umba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umba as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Tangol, Thang Dumbur, Thasgam Thaine and Thuls Pursa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Umba

As per the Census of India 2011, Umba village had a population of 844. That makes it the 20th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Umba village has 428 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umba has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Umba is 194103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umba covers 201.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umba falls under Sanku tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Umba notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Umba.

Umba is in Sanku tehsil of Kargil district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.