Umarpur

Umarpur
Village
Umarpur Show map of Punjab Umarpur Show map of India Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°02′37″N 75°36′15″E / 31.0437147°N 75.6042051°E / 31.0437147; 75.6042051Coordinates: 31°02′37″N 75°36′15″E / 31.0437147°N 75.6042051°E / 31.0437147; 75.6042051
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,163^[1]
	Sex ratio 595/568 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	144039
Telephone	01821
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Posta office	Nurmahal
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Umarpur is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 6.7 km from postal head office in Nurmahal, 26 km from Phillaur, 35 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 146 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.(Late Jarnail Singh Basra s/o Late Gurnam Singh Basra) ^[2]

Demography

As of 2011, The village has a total number of 238 houses and population of 1163 of which include 595 are males while 568 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 79.48%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 120 which is 10.32% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 935 higher than the state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 62.34% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 379 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 363 males and 16 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.45% workers describe their work as main work and 10.55% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.^[1]

Transport

Nurmahal railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 24.4 km away from the village. The village is 54.5 km away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 127 km away in Amritsar.

References

1 2 "Umarpur Population per Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
↑ "About the village". onefivenine.com.

Jalandhar district

Cities and villages in Jalandhar district	Adampur Alawalpur Apra Akalpur Anihar Ashahoor Ashaur Atta Atti Aujla Dhak Bachhowal Bainapur Bakapur Bansian Bhattian Bhogpur Burj Pukhta‎ Chak Des Raj Chak Sahbu Chhaula Chhokran Dhuleta Dosanjh Kalan Ganna Pind Garha Garhi Mahan Singh Goraya Jajo Mazara Jalandhar Jalandhar Cantonment Jandiala Jhungian Mahansingh Kadiana Kang Jagir Kartarpur Katana Katpalon Khaira Mushtarka Khanpur Kot Garewal Kotli Khakhian Ladian Landhra Lasara Lohgarh Lohian Khas Mallian Kalan Mandi Mansurpur Moron Nakodar Nagar Nurewal Nurmahal Pal Qadiam Palnau Panj Dhera Phalpota Phillaur Raipur Araiyan Raipur Sagnewal Ramgarh Rasulpur Ratainda Rurka Kalan Rurka Khurd Saifabad Sailkiyana Samrari Sansarpur Sarinh Shahkot Shahpur Shankar Sultanpur Tarkhan Mazara Tehang Turan

Other districts	Ajitgarh Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Faridkot Fatehgarh Sahib Fazilka Firozpur Gurudaspur Hoshiarpur Kapurthala Ludhiana Mansa Moga Pathankot Patiala Rupnagar Sangrur Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Sri Muktsar Sahib Tarn Taran

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