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About Umrewal Village

Umrewal is a small village in Nakodar tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 256 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144039, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umrewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umrewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Nakodar
Pincode 144039
Area (hectares) 177 hectares
Population 484
Male Population 256
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umrewal compares

By the 2011 count Umrewal is the 112th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 177 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Umrewal

Umrewal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umrewal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Umrewal from other places

Umrewal lies about 35 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwan, about 9.8 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 Umrewal
Nearest railway station Sidhwan 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Nakodar 12 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 35 km

Villages closest to Umrewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umrewal village had a population of 484. That makes it the 112th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Umrewal village has 256 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umrewal has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Umrewal is 144039. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umrewal covers 177 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umrewal falls under Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Umrewal is Sidhwan, about 9.8 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 village for Umrewal.

Umrewal is about 35 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umrewal is in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sidhwan is about 9.8 km away. Nakodar is about 12 km away. Jalandhar 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 Ummarwal Billa (under 2 km), Sangowal (under 2 km) and Samailpur (1.8 km).

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

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