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About Umardih Village

Umardih is a small village in Bichhiya tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 173 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.32 hectares hectares.

Umardih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umardih village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Bichhiya
Area (hectares) 284.32 hectares
Population 356
Male Population 173
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Umardih compares

By the 2011 count Umardih is the 248th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 744 residents. Its 284.32 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Umardih

Umardih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umardih as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Umardih from other places

Umardih lies about 114 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 17 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 Umardih
Tehsil headquarters Bichhiya under 2 km
Nearest town Sihorā 15 km
Nearest railway station Sihora Road 17 km
District headquarters Mandla 114 km

Villages closest to Umardih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umardih village had a population of 356. That makes it the 248th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 744 residents.

Umardih village has 173 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umardih has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Umardih covers 284.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umardih falls under Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umardih is Sihora Road, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Umardih.

Umardih is about 114 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umardih is in Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district. Bichhiya is about under 2 km away. Sihorā is about 15 km away. Sihora Road 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 Dhangaon (2.3 km), Khamhariya (3.7 km) and Kharpariya (3.7 km).

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

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