Umarga Taluka


Umarga Tehsil is a tehsil/ taluka/ subdistrict in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra on the Deccan Plateau of India. The town of Umarga is the administrative headquarters of the tehsil. There are 79 panchayat villages in Umarga Tehsil.

History

The Killari earthquake of 1993 affected most parts of the Umarga Tehsil. Approximately 2,500–3,000 lives were lost.
One of the famous hemadpanti mahavad temple along india.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Umarga Tehsil had a population of 241,339, with 123,852 males and 117,487 females, for a gender ratio of 949 females per thousand males. The tehsil was 80.4% rural in 2001.
In the 2011 census, Umarga Tehsil had 269,849 inhabitants and a gender ratio of 946 females per thousand males. The tehsil was 74.5% rural. The literacy rate in 2011 was 75.28% overall in Umarga Tehsil, with a rate of 84.73% for males and 65.35% for females. In 2011 in Umarga Tehsil, 11.7% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.
Marathi is the most commonly used language in Omerga, with around 93% speaking Marathi as their primary language. Kannada is also spoken by some.

Transportation

National Highways

Below National Highways passes through the Umarga Tehsil.

1. NH-65: Pune-Indapur-Solapur-Umarga-Hyderabad-Vijayawada-Machilipatnam



2. NH-548B: Mantha-Selu-Pathari-Sonpeth-Parali-Ambajogai-Latur-Ausa-Umarga-Yenegur-Murum-Alur-Akkalkot-Nagansur-Vijayapura-Athani-Chikhodi-Sankeshwar-Gotur

Towns and villages

There are two towns in Umarga Tehsil, Umarga and Murum, both of which have municipal councils. Among the villages in the tehsil are:

Monuments, temples and attractions