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About Umar Wada Village

Umar Wada is a large village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,071, made up of 1,046 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 405.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441912, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umar Wada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umar Wada village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Tumsar
Pincode 441912
Area (hectares) 405.85 hectares
Population 2,071
Male Population 1,046
Female Population 1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Umar Wada compares

By the 2011 count Umar Wada is the 22nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 405.85 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Umar Wada

Umar Wada 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 Umar Wada 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umar Wada from other places

Umar Wada lies about 28 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Mundikota, about 4.8 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 Umar Wada
Nearest railway station Mundikota 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Tumsar 6.0 km
District headquarters Bhandara 28 km

Villages closest to Umar Wada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tumsar 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 Umar Wada

As per the Census of India 2011, Umar Wada village had a population of 2,071. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Umar Wada village has 1,046 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umar Wada has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Umar Wada is 441912. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umar Wada covers 405.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umar Wada falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Umar Wada is Mundikota, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Umar Wada.

Umar Wada is about 28 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umar Wada is in Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Mundikota is about 4.8 km away. Tumsar is about 6.0 km away. Bhandara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bori (under 2 km), Navargaon (2.1 km) and Koshti (2.3 km).

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

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