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About Umarwar Village

Umarwar is a large village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,307, made up of 1,628 males and 1,679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.72 hectares hectares.

Umarwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarwar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 201.72 hectares
Population 3,307
Male Population 1,628
Female Population 1,679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umarwar compares

By the 2011 count Umarwar is the 48th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 201.72 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Umarwar

Umarwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umarwar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Umarwar from other places

Umarwar lies about 33 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Dobhi, about 4.3 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 Umarwar
Nearest railway station Dobhi 4.3 km
Nearest town Lalganj 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 33 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 33 km

Villages closest to Umarwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarwar village had a population of 3,307. That makes it the 48th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Umarwar village has 1,628 males and 1,679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarwar has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Umarwar covers 201.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Umarwar falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umarwar is Dobhi, about 4.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Umarwar.

Umarwar is about 33 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarwar is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Dobhi is about 4.3 km away. Lalganj is about 24 km away. Kerakat is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahuli (under 2 km), Bhitari (1.7 km) and Gobra (1.9 km).

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

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