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About Umden Arka Village

Umden Arka is a mid sized village in Umsning tehsil, in the district of Ribhoi, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 653, made up of 330 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umden Arka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umden Arka village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District Ribhoi
Tehsil Umsning
Pincode 793103
Population 653
Male Population 330
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umden Arka compares

By the 2011 count Umden Arka is the 72nd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 488 residents. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Umden Arka

Umden Arka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Umden Arka as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Umden Arka from other places

Umden Arka lies about 18 km from Ribhoi, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 15 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 Umden Arka
Nearest railway station Kamalajari 15 km
District headquarters Ribhoi 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Umsning 27 km
Nearest town Guwahati 35 km

Villages closest to Umden Arka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Umsning 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 Umden Arka

As per the Census of India 2011, Umden Arka village had a population of 653. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 488 residents.

Umden Arka village has 330 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umden Arka has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Umden Arka is 793103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umden Arka falls under Umsning tehsil of Ribhoi district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umden Arka is Kamalajari, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Umden Arka.

Umden Arka is about 18 km from Ribhoi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umden Arka is in Umsning tehsil of Ribhoi district. Kamalajari is about 15 km away. Ribhoi is about 18 km away. Umsning is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umden Mission (under 2 km), Mawlang (4.9 km) and Nongmawlong (4.9 km).

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

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