'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Umari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Narkhed mandal is Temple of Mahadev. No temple of this dedication is on record within Umari itself.
By population, Umari ranks #58 of 154 villages in Narkhed mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Umari is a village of 774 people in 177 households (Census 2011) in Narkhed taluka, Nagpur district, Maharashtra, the 58th-largest of 154 villages in Narkhed taluka. Literacy is 80%, 5 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 441304, served by Narkher post office; the LGD village code is 534858. The sarpanch is Nilima S Raut, and the village votes in Katol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Charansing Thakur. The population is estimated at 913 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Umri →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Looking for a different Umari? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Umari →
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Narkhed mandal
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Reported by India Today.
Reported by Lawtext.
No people on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first peopleNo jobs on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first jobRecent reporting about this district and state, from the press. Headlines link to the publisher.
No photos on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first photoAnswers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.