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About Umarahar Village

Umarahar is a small village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 403, made up of 219 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares.

Umarahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarahar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chandla
Area (hectares) 286 hectares
Population 403
Male Population 219
Female Population 184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umarahar compares

By the 2011 count Umarahar is the 73rd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Umarahar

Umarahar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Umarahar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Umarahar from other places

Umarahar lies about 59 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 25 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 Umarahar
Tehsil headquarters Chandla 4.8 km
Nearest town Lauri 16 km
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 25 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 59 km

Villages closest to Umarahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarahar village had a population of 403. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Umarahar village has 219 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarahar has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 863.

Umarahar covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umarahar falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umarahar is Singhpur Dumra, about 25 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Umarahar.

Umarahar is about 59 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarahar is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 4.8 km away. Lauri is about 16 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhaupur (1.7 km), Ludhgayan (2.4 km) and Beehar Purwa (2.6 km).

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

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