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About Umara Village

Umara is a large village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,613, made up of 1,385 males and 1,228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 800.28 hectares hectares.

Umara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Garhakota
Area (hectares) 800.28 hectares
Population 2,613
Male Population 1,385
Female Population 1,228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Umara compares

By the 2011 count Umara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 800.28 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 908.

Getting to Umara

Umara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Umara from other places

Umara lies about 36 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 5.0 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 Umara
Nearest railway station Ganeshganj 5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhakota 9.9 km
Nearest town Garhākota 9.9 km
District headquarters Sagar 36 km

Villages closest to Umara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umara village had a population of 2,613. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Umara village has 1,385 males and 1,228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umara has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Umara covers 800.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umara falls under Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umara is Ganeshganj, about 5.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Umara.

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

Umara is in Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Ganeshganj is about 5.0 km away. Garhakota is about 9.9 km away. Garhākota is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pahred (2.5 km), Chandrapura (2.8 km) and Chandola (2.9 km).

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

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