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About Umar Ganj Village

Umar Ganj is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 931, made up of 479 males and 452 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.97 hectares hectares.

Umar Ganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umar Ganj village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 50.97 hectares
Population 931
Male Population 479
Female Population 452
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Umar Ganj compares

By the 2011 count Umar Ganj is the 274th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 50.97 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Umar Ganj

Umar Ganj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umar Ganj as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umar Ganj from other places

Umar Ganj lies about 44 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, about 7.3 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 Umar Ganj
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 16 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 16 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 44 km

Villages closest to Umar Ganj

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Machhlishahr 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 Umar Ganj

As per the Census of India 2011, Umar Ganj village had a population of 931. That makes it the 274th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Umar Ganj village has 479 males and 452 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umar Ganj has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Umar Ganj covers 50.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Umar Ganj falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umar Ganj is Mungara Badshahpur, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Umar Ganj.

Umar Ganj is about 44 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umar Ganj is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mungara Badshahpur is about 7.3 km away. Machhlishahr is about 16 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jakhaniyan (under 2 km), Holpur (under 2 km) and Birdhaulpur (1.9 km).

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

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