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About Umarda Village

Umarda is a large village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,833, made up of 2,433 males and 2,400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1434.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umarda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Karanja
Pincode 444105
Area (hectares) 1434.93 hectares
Population 4,833
Male Population 2,433
Female Population 2,400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umarda compares

By the 2011 count Umarda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 1434.93 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Umarda

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

Umarda lies about 63 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Somthan, about 4.5 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 Umarda
Nearest railway station Somthan 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Karanja 11 km
Nearest town Kāranja 11 km
District headquarters Washim 63 km

Villages closest to Umarda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarda village had a population of 4,833. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Umarda village has 2,433 males and 2,400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarda has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Umarda is 444105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umarda covers 1434.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umarda falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Umarda is Somthan, about 4.5 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 10+ km distance for Umarda.

Umarda is about 63 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarda is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Somthan is about 4.5 km away. Karanja is about 11 km away. Kāranja is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagapur (1.8 km), Pilkheda (2.2 km) and Pimpri (3.2 km).

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

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