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About Umarkhedi Village

Umarkhedi is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 733, made up of 390 males and 343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.55 hectares hectares.

Umarkhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarkhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 230.55 hectares
Population 733
Male Population 390
Female Population 343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Umarkhedi compares

By the 2011 count Umarkhedi is the 60th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 230.55 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, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Umarkhedi

Umarkhedi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Umarkhedi as Available within 5 - 10 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umarkhedi from other places

Umarkhedi lies about 36 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 10 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 Umarkhedi
Nearest railway station Guramkhedi 10 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Babai 17 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 36 km

Villages closest to Umarkhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarkhedi village had a population of 733. That makes it the 60th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Umarkhedi village has 390 males and 343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarkhedi has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Umarkhedi covers 230.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umarkhedi falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umarkhedi is Guramkhedi, about 10 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 km distance for Umarkhedi.

Umarkhedi is about 36 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarkhedi is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Guramkhedi is about 10 km away. Sohāgpur is about 14 km away. Babai is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chourahet (1.8 km), Satwasa (2.1 km) and Silari Kalan (2.4 km).

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

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