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About Umai Village

Umai is a small village in Murtijapur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 202 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.73 hectares hectares.

Umai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Murtijapur
Area (hectares) 306.73 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 202
Female Population 173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
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 Umai compares

By the 2011 count Umai is the 101st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 922 residents. Its 306.73 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Umai

Umai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umai 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 Umai from other places

Umai lies about 147 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Rohna, about 9.2 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 Umai
Nearest railway station Rohna 9.2 km
Nearest town Ārvi 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Murtijapur 31 km
District headquarters Akola 147 km

Villages closest to Umai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umai village had a population of 375. That makes it the 101st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 922 residents.

Umai village has 202 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umai has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Umai covers 306.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umai falls under Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Umai is Rohna, about 9.2 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 Umai.

Umai is about 147 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umai is in Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district. Rohna is about 9.2 km away. Ārvi is about 21 km away. Murtijapur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umari (under 2 km), Gaulkhed (5.3 km) and Hamidpur (8.0 km).

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

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