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About Umariya Village

Umariya is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,272, made up of 643 males and 629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516 hectares hectares.

Umariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umariya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Rithi
Area (hectares) 516 hectares
Population 1,272
Male Population 643
Female Population 629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Umariya compares

By the 2011 count Umariya is the 37th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 516 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Umariya

Umariya 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 Umariya 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umariya from other places

Umariya lies about 48 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 12 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 Umariya
Nearest railway station Salaia 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Rithi 21 km
Nearest town Hatta 40 km
District headquarters Katni 48 km

Villages closest to Umariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umariya village had a population of 1,272. That makes it the 37th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Umariya village has 643 males and 629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umariya has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Umariya covers 516 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umariya falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umariya is Salaia, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Umariya is about 48 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umariya is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Salaia is about 12 km away. Rithi is about 21 km away. Hatta 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 Pipariya (3.3 km), Badkhera (4.5 km) and Dharampura (5.6 km).

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

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