Country India District Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency Osmanabad | State Maharashtra Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Vidhan Sabha constituency Umarga | |
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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.
Contents
- Map of Umarga rural Maharashtra 413606
- History
- Demographics
- Towns and villages
- Monuments temples and attractions
- References
Map of Umarga rural, Maharashtra 413606
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. The tahsil was 80.4% rural in 2001.
In the 2011 census, Umarga Tahsil had 269,849 inhabitants and a gender ratio of 946 females per thousand males. The tahsil was 74.5% rural. 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. In 2011 in Umarga Tahsil, 11.7% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.
Marathi and Kannada is the most commonly used language in Omerga, with around 68% speaking Kannada as their primary language. Kannada is the native language of the town and it is spoken along with the official language Marathi.
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: