Country India District Auraiya PIN 206252 Area 200 ha Population 10,172 (2010) | State Uttar Pradesh Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 05681- Literacy 75% Nearest city Bidhuna | |
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Umrain is a town in Auraiya district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Umrain is one of the sub-divisional towns of Auraiya District. This township is situated to the north west of Auraiya, the district headquarters 65 km, and 21 km away from Bidhuna, another major town in the district. Erwa Katra, Bhidhuna, Harnagarpur and Usrahaar are its neighboring towns. Umrain is linked with directly to Kishni and Bhiduna Road. Umrain is very famous for garlic and onion markets. Umrain is a very rich town in district Auraiya. The literacy is about 80%. In Umrain there are two famous temple Durga Mandir and Dwarikadheesh Mandir.
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Map of Umrain, Uttar Pradesh 206252
Demographics
Umrain(Shastri Nagar) is also famous for M.L.A Ramadhar Shastri.Shastri ji was elected M.L.A from bidhuna with Lohiya ji . He was a noble personality instead of M.L.A he don't have any single bank account. Ideal personality As of 2010 India census,[1] Umrain had a population of 10,172. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Umrain has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 88%, and female literacy is 68%. In Umrain, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.At Umrain there is an ancient Shiv Temple named (Van Khandeshwar Mahadev)situated on Mishrabad road Care taker and Organiser by Mr.Jainarayan verma and verma's family.
Health Care-
Dr.R.S.Prajapati is very famous Physician in this town. He is awarded by the "Dept.of Environment, Government of Uttar Pradesh". His clinic is known as " Maa Janki Devi Clinic", situated near Telephone exchange. He cures the patients in very reasonable prices. His motive is to serve the humanity by the medical profession.
Language and script
The language of practically the entire population is what is known as western Hindi. The returns of the census 1981 showed that this language was spoken by about 96.8 per cent of the population. In 1971, the percentage of Hindi speaking persons was 96.4. Western Hindi is split up into several subdivisions. In 1981, the language known as Hindustani or Urdu was spoken by about 3.10 per cent (3.35 per cent in 1961) of the people, representing for the most part the inhabitants of Umrain.
Religion and caste
Hindu The major community was originally divided into four branches, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra. This ancient division was mainly occupational but gradually developed into a hereditary order. Now in modern society, due to the impact of progressive social and economic forces, the old cast structure is crumbling though somewhat slowly. It has already lost its rigidity. There are several social groups like Kayasths, Gujars etc. present for this community
Scheduled Caste/Harijans In Umrain 10% of the population are scheduled caste/harijans. There are minimum ratio of yadav (Ahirs). There are 30% Brahmans such as Dubey, Mishra, Tripathi, Shukla, Chaturvedi, Pathak etc. Some 5% of the population are Chauhan/Sengars. Muslims make up 15% of the population. About 23% of the population are Guptas. Some 17% of the population are Shakyas.
Geography
Umrain is located at 26° 43' 0N 79° 25' 0E. It has an average elevation of 136 meters (448 feet).