Umarpurਉਮਰਪੁਰ

Where is Umarpur?

Umarpur is a village of Mukerian tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mukerian, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mukerian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031071, and it covers 135 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 380 people in Umarpur: 178 men and 202 women, living in 76 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 135 hectares, the population density works out to about 281 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1135 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 39, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 4 people, about 1 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.28 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.68 per cent and women at 77.96 per cent. The census recorded 91 workers, about 24 per cent of the village. Of the 60 main workers, the largest group, 38, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 18 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 household industry workers. A further 31 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Umarpur's land. Of the village's 135 hectares, 121 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (111 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (10 hectares). About 12 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 39 cultivators and 8 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Umarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Mukerian, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chhangla, Alipur, Muradpur and Taggar Khurd.

What is the population of Umarpur?

The population of Umarpur was 380 at the 2011 census, living in 76 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Umarpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Umarpur has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.