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About Umarwala Village

Umarwala is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 839, made up of 447 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umarwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarwala village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143511
Area (hectares) 152 hectares
Population 839
Male Population 447
Female Population 392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Umarwala compares

By the 2011 count Umarwala is the 219th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Umarwala

The census records public bus service for Umarwala as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umarwala from other places

Umarwala lies about 30 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Sugar Mills, about 12 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 Umarwala
Nearest railway station Batala Sugar Mills 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 14 km
Nearest town Batāla 14 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 30 km

Villages closest to Umarwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarwala village had a population of 839. That makes it the 219th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Umarwala village has 447 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarwala has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Umarwala is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umarwala covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umarwala falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Umarwala is Batala Sugar Mills, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Umarwala.

Umarwala is about 30 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarwala is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Sugar Mills is about 12 km away. Batala is about 14 km away. Batāla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandu Manj (under 2 km), Ugrewala (1.7 km) and Akarpura (2.1 km).

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

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