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About Umachiya Village

Umachiya is a small village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 222 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262545, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umachiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umachiya village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Dharchula
Pincode 262545
Area (hectares) 227.78 hectares
Population 422
Male Population 222
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umachiya compares

By the 2011 count Umachiya is the 33rd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 227.78 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Umachiya

Umachiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umachiya 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Tejam, Thakla Dhafiya Dhura R F, Tham and Tidang. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Umachiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Umachiya village had a population of 422. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Umachiya village has 222 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umachiya has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Umachiya is 262545. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umachiya covers 227.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umachiya falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Umachiya notes the nearest railway station 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 within 5 - 10 km distance for Umachiya.

Umachiya is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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