Umarga Taluka

Umarga Tahsil
उमरगा तालुका
Omerga Tahsil, Omarga Tahsil, Umerga Tahsil
tehsil
Umarga Tahsil
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°53′N 076°38′E / 17.883°N 76.633°E / 17.883; 76.633Coordinates: 17°53′N 076°38′E / 17.883°N 76.633°E / 17.883; 76.633
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency Osmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Umarga[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] The tahsil was 80.4% rural in 2001.[3]

In the 2011 census, Umarga Tahsil had 269,849 inhabitants[4] and a gender ratio of 946 females per thousand males.[5] The tahsil was 74.5% rural.[4] 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.[6] In 2011 in Umarga Tahsil, 11.7% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.[4]

Marathi is the most commonly used language in Omerga, with around 68% speaking Marathi as their primary language. Urdu and Kannada are also spoken by some.[7][8]

Towns and villages

There are two towns in Umarga Tahsil, Umarga and Murum, both of which have municipal councils. Among the villages in the tahsil are:[9]

  • Alur
  • Babalasur
  • Dalimb
  • Gunjoti
  • Hippargarao
  • Jakekur
  • Kawatha
  • Kesar Jawalga
  • Madaj
  • Mulaj
  • kunahali
  • kadmapur
  • Nai Chakur
  • Naik Nagar (mu)
  • Naik Nagar (su)
  • Tugaon
  • Belam
  • Murum
  • Kothali
  • Kantekur
  • Sangvi (B)
  • Diggi
  • Turori
  • Umarga (Rural)
  • Yeli
  • Yenegur
  • Kader
  • Samudral
  • sastur
  • ekondi(J)

dudhanal

Monuments, temples and attractions

  • Famous Shiv temple named "Jata Shankar" is located in Mulaj 10 km from Omerga.
  • Shri Mathurapuri Maharaj(MAAT)is located in Babalasur(old).
  • Shri Premnath Maharaj is a temple and religious place in the village of Madaj (Mathmal). The god/saint Premnath Maharaj belongs to one of the sishyas (disciples) of Navnath. Premnath Maharaj took his Samadhi. Every year an annual yatra (religious fair) is held in the month of November. People come here in large number to take darshan during the yatra.
  • Old Madaj is an historic village which has contributed in various movements.
  • The Shri Narayana Temple is located in Madaj. It is a Hemadpanthi temple with Barav.
  • There are temples for Shiv and Ganesha in Shivaji Chowk.
  • Holy places such as Amrutkund (the water of eternal life)
  • Shri Ramligeshwar is a well-known temple and religious place in the village of Yeli.
  • Sri Swaminarayan Mandir is located in Samudral. Also the Narsinh (Male lion God)Temple is there in this village. Every year an annual yatra (religious fair) is held in the month of May.-Vikram Dipankar.
  • Shri Nath Mandir is the temple of Saint Eknath. Also has 2.5 Feet statue of Shri Vitthal. Every year there is a Festival called NATH-SHASHTHI, which includes Bhajan, Kirtan, Ann-daan.

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Umarga, Osmanabad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Umarga". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  4. 1 2 3 "Population, Child Population in the age-group 0–6 and Literates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 41.
  5. ↑ "Sex ratio of Population and Child Population in the age-group 0–6, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 17.
  7. ↑ The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency (1894) J.F. Fleet, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (Vol-1, Part-II, Book-III) ISBN 81-206-0277-3
  8. ↑ "Kanarese". DSAL The Record News.
  9. ↑ "NPR Report: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Umarga". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.