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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
gajanand singh
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- LGD code
- 502293
- Pincode
- 484881
- Post office
- Rajendragram
- Population
- 425
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1073 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 244
- Distance to district centre
- 115 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 125 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 449 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 677 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pendra Road · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Igntu Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Umargohan compares
By population, Umargohan ranks #211 of 271 villages in Pushparajgarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.5%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Umargohan
- 52.5%
- Pushparajgarh mandal
- 50.5%
- Anuppur district
- 58.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,073
+74 vs mandal average
- Umargohan
- 1,073
- Pushparajgarh mandal
- 999
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Umargohan
- 3.7
- Pushparajgarh mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Umargohan at a glance
Umargohan is a village of 425 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Pushparajgarh tehsil, Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 211th-largest of 271 villages in Pushparajgarh tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,073 women per 1,000 men. It lies 115 km from the Anuppur district centre, 14 km from Pendra Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484881, served by Rajendragram post office; the LGD village code is 502293. The nearest hospital or health centre is Igntu Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is gajanand singh, and the village votes in Shahpura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Omprakash Dhurwey. The population is estimated at 501 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Umargohan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMARKANTAK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 871.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 692.59
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Umargohan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Umargohan
- LGD code
- 502293
- Pincode
- 484881
- Post office
- Rajendragram
- Population (Census 2011)
- 425
- Population (projected 2026)
- 501
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1073
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.76134°N, 81.76367°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shahpura
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Omprakash Dhurwey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- gajanand singh
- Block / Mandal
- Pushparajgarh
Getting there
How to reach Umargohan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal449 kmcapital
- Kolkata677 km
- Hyderabad689 km
- Delhi795 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPendra Road14 km
- Bus stopKabir Chabutra10 km
- Hospital / PHCIgntu Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank40 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Umargohan
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Jaleshwar DhamTemple2.9 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Umargohan
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Prof. Ramdayal Munda Central LibraryLibrary4.9 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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