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About Umariya Village

Umariya is a mid sized village in Gangdhar tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 987, made up of 523 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 800.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umariya village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Gangdhar
Pincode 326514
Area (hectares) 800.87 hectares
Population 987
Male Population 523
Female Population 464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umariya compares

By the 2011 count Umariya is the 48th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 800.87 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Umariya

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

Umariya lies about 76 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Nathukheri, about 14 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 Umariya
Nearest railway station Nathukheri 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangdhar 18 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 25 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 76 km

Villages closest to Umariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umariya village had a population of 987. That makes it the 48th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Umariya village has 523 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umariya has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Umariya is 326514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umariya covers 800.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umariya falls under Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Umariya is Nathukheri, about 14 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 Umariya.

Umariya is about 76 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umariya is in Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district. Nathukheri is about 14 km away. Gangdhar is about 18 km away. Shāmgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandrapura (under 2 km), Peeplya Khurd (2.5 km) and Nipaniya (2.5 km).

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

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