Umarga Tahsil

Umarga Tahsil
उमरगा तालुका
Omerga Tahsil, Omarga Tahsil, Umerga Tahsil
tehsil
Umarga Tahsil

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 17°53′N 076°38′E / 17.883°N 76.633°E / 17.883; 76.633Coordinates: 17°53′N 076°38′E / 17.883°N 76.633°E / 17.883; 76.633
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sabha constituency Osmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Umarga[1]

Umarga Tahsil is a tahsil/taluka (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra on the Deccan Plateau of India. The town of Umarga is the administrative headquarters of the tahsil. There are 79 panchayat villages in Umarga Tahsil.[2]

History

Main article: Osmanabad § History

The Killari earthquake of 1993 affected most parts of the Umarga Tahsil. Approximately 2,500-3,000 lives were lost.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Umarga Tahsil had a population of 241,339, with 123,852 (51.3%) males and 117,487 (48.7%) females, for a gender ratio of 949 females per thousand males.[3] The tahsil was 80.4% rural in 2001.[3]

In the 2011 census, Umarga Tahsil had 269,849 inhabitants[4] and a gender ratio of 946 females per thousand males.[5] The tahsil was 74.5% rural.[4] The literacy rate in 2011 was 75.28% overall in Umarga Tahsil, with a rate of 84.73% for males and 65.35% for females.[6] In 2011 in Umarga Tahsil, 11.7% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.[4]

Marathi is the most commonly used language in Omerga, with around 10% speaking Kannada as their primary language. Kannada is the native language of the town and it is spoken along with the official language Marathi.[7][8]

Towns and villages

There are two towns in Tuljapur Tahsil, Umarga and Murum, both of which have municipal councils. Among the villages in the tahsil are:[9]

  • Alur
  • Babalasur
  • Dalimb
  • Gunjoti
  • Hippargarao
  • Jakekur
  • Kawatha
  • Kesar Jawalga
  • Madaj
  • Mulaj
  • kunahali
  • kadmapur
  • Nai Chakur
  • Tugaon
  • Turori
  • Umarga (Rural)
  • Yeli
  • Yenegur
  • Kader
  • Samudral
  • sastur

Monuments, temples and attractions

References

  1. "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India.
  2. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Umarga, Osmanabad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
  3. 1 2 "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Umarga". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  4. 1 2 3 "Population, Child Population in the age-group 0-6 and Literates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 41.
  5. "Sex ratio of Population and Child Population in the age-group 0-6, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 8.
  6. "Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 17.
  7. The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency"(1894) J.F.Fleet, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (Vol-1, Part-II, Book-III) ISBN 81-206-0277-3
  8. "Kanarese". DSAL The Record News.
  9. "NPR Report: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Umarga". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011.
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