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About Umagaon Village

Umagaon is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,501, made up of 749 males and 752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1921 hectares hectares.

Umagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umagaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Area (hectares) 1921 hectares
Population 1,501
Male Population 749
Female Population 752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umagaon compares

By the 2011 count Umagaon is the 37th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 1921 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Umagaon

Umagaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umagaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umagaon from other places

Umagaon lies about 90 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Madure, about 35 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 Umagaon
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 7.8 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 33 km
Nearest railway station Madure 35 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 90 km

Villages closest to Umagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umagaon village had a population of 1,501. That makes it the 37th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Umagaon village has 749 males and 752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umagaon has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Umagaon covers 1921 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umagaon falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Umagaon is Madure, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Umagaon.

Umagaon is about 90 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umagaon is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 7.8 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 33 km away. Madure is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malaviwadi (under 2 km), Jambre (under 2 km) and Nhaveli (3.0 km).

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

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