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About Umarjhola Village

Umarjhola is a small village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 142 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares.

Umarjhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarjhola village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 84 hectares
Population 267
Male Population 142
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umarjhola compares

By the 2011 count Umarjhola is the 225th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Umarjhola

Umarjhola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Umarjhola as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Umarjhola from other places

Umarjhola lies about 63 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 40 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 Umarjhola
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 14 km
Nearest town Malajkhand 20 km
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 40 km
District headquarters Balaghat 63 km

Villages closest to Umarjhola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarjhola village had a population of 267. That makes it the 225th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Umarjhola village has 142 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarjhola has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Umarjhola covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umarjhola falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umarjhola is Bamhani Banjar, about 40 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Umarjhola.

Umarjhola is about 63 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarjhola is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 14 km away. Malajkhand is about 20 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basanpur (2.5 km), Ghorela (4.3 km) and Kareli (5.4 km).

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

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