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About Umari Village

Umari is a large village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,254, made up of 1,115 males and 1,139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 705.78 hectares hectares.

Umari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 705.78 hectares
Population 2,254
Male Population 1,115
Female Population 1,139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umari compares

By the 2011 count Umari is the 15th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 705.78 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Umari

Umari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umari 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umari from other places

Umari lies about 42 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Gudma, about 14 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 Umari
Nearest railway station Gudma 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 15 km
Nearest town Gondiā 22 km
District headquarters Balaghat 42 km

Villages closest to Umari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umari village had a population of 2,254. That makes it the 15th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Umari village has 1,115 males and 1,139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umari has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Umari covers 705.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umari falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umari is Gudma, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Umari.

Umari is about 42 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umari is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Gudma is about 14 km away. Lanji is about 15 km away. Gondiā is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ladsa (2.6 km), Binjhalgaon (2.7 km) and Kharregaon (3.2 km).

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

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