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About Umri Village

Umri is a large village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,217, made up of 1,105 males and 1,112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.22 hectares hectares.

Umri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 326.22 hectares
Population 2,217
Male Population 1,105
Female Population 1,112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Umri compares

By the 2011 count Umri is the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 326.22 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Umri

Umri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Umri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 38 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 1.5 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
Nearest railway station Katangi 1.5 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 23 km
District headquarters Balaghat 38 km

Villages closest to Umri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katangi 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 2,217. That makes it the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Umri village has 1,105 males and 1,112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umri has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Umri covers 326.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Umri falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umri is Katangi, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Umri is about 38 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umri is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Katangi is about 1.5 km away. Wārāseonī is about 23 km away. Balaghat is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopalpur (under 2 km), Bopli (1.8 km) and Ujad Bopli (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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