Umarga

Umarga
Town
Umarga is located in Maharashtra
Umarga
Umarga
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°50′24″N 76°37′18″E / 17.84000°N 76.62167°E / 17.84000; 76.62167
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictOsmanabad
Government
 • TypeState government and central government
 • BodyNagar Palika
Elevation
572 m (1,877 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
35,477
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code
413 606
ISO 3166 codeIN-MH
Lok Sabha constituencyOsmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituencyUmarga
WebsiteNpomerga.org.in

Umarga/Omerga is a town with a municipal council in the Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an administrative headquarter of the Umarga Tehsil.

Geography

The town of Umarga is situated near National highway 65 Pune-Solapur-Hyderabad-Machilipatnam.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the town of Umarga had a population of 35,609. The official language is Marathi.

Religions in Umarga
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 76%
Muslims
 
 10%
Buddhists
 
 9.6%
Christians
 
 0.4%
Jains
 
 3.7%
Others†
 
 0.3%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Industrial park

Umarga has a Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation industrial park of 2500 hectares.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India: Search Details". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "NPR Report: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Umarga". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ "Kanarese". DSAL The Record News.