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About Umri Village

Umri is a mid sized village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,416, made up of 682 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Lohardaga
Tehsil Kuru
Pincode 835302
Area (hectares) 493 hectares
Population 1,416
Male Population 682
Female Population 734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Umri compares

By the 2011 count Umri is the 23rd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 493 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Umri

Umri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 15 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Irgaon, about 7.8 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 Umri
Tehsil headquarters Kuru 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Irgaon 7.8 km
District headquarters Lohardaga 15 km
Nearest town Lohārdagā 15 km

Villages closest to Umri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kuru 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 1,416. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Umri village has 682 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umri has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Umri is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umri covers 493 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umri falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Umri is Irgaon, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Umri.

Umri is about 15 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umri is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kuru is about 6.0 km away. Irgaon is about 7.8 km away. Lohardaga is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sinjo (under 2 km), Bardin (1.6 km) and Jonjro (2.3 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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