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About Umarikhurd Village

Umarikhurd is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 222 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.09 hectares hectares.

Umarikhurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umarikhurd village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 71.09 hectares
Population 418
Male Population 222
Female Population 196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umarikhurd compares

By the 2011 count Umarikhurd is the 221st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 71.09 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 932.

Getting to Umarikhurd

Umarikhurd is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Umarikhurd as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umarikhurd from other places

Umarikhurd lies about 13 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, 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 Umarikhurd
District headquarters Sonbhadra 13 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 13 km
Nearest railway station Khairahi 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 18 km

Villages closest to Umarikhurd

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umarikhurd village had a population of 418. That makes it the 221st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Umarikhurd village has 222 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umarikhurd has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Umarikhurd covers 71.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Umarikhurd falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Umarikhurd is Khairahi, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Umarikhurd.

Umarikhurd is about 13 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umarikhurd is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Sonbhadra is about 13 km away. Robertsganj is about 13 km away. Khairahi 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 Marachhi (under 2 km), Renua (under 2 km) and Shikari (under 2 km).

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

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