Umarga

Umarga
Town
Umarga is located in Maharashtra
Umarga
Umarga
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°50′24″N 76°37′18″E / 17.84000°N 76.62167°E / 17.84000; 76.62167
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictOsmanabad
Government
 • TypeState government and central government
 • BodyNagar Palika
Elevation
572 m (1,877 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total35,477
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-MH
Lok Sabha constituencyOsmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituencyUmarga[2]
WebsiteNpomerga.org.in

Umarga/Omerga is a town with a municipal council in the Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an administrative headquarter of the Umarga Tehsil.

Geography

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The town of Umarga is situated near National highway 65 Pune-Solapur-Hyderabad-Machilipatnam. It is located 85 km by road east of the city of Solapur, 95 km by road from the district capital of Osmanabad, and 20 km west of the Karnataka-Maharashtra State boundary. The nearest towns are Jahagir Chincholi (5 km;south) Turori (8 km east west[clarification needed] from NH65 Umarga), Diggi (17 km), Madaj (16 km by road to the southwest), and Murum (9 km by road to the east on NH-65). The town of Umarga has an elevation of 572 metres (1876 feet).

Demographics

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In the 2011 census, the town of Umarga had a population of 35,609.[3] The official language is Marathi.[4][5]

Religions in Umarga
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 76%
Muslims
 
 10%
Buddhists
 
 9.6%
Christians
 
 0.4%
Jains
 
 3.7%
Others†
 
 0.3%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Economy and infrastructure

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Agriculture and agriculture related services are the main income sources for the people here. Umarga has a MIDC industrial park of 2500 hectares. Umarga is a census town. It is a developing town and it runs a weekly bazaar on Sunday. Omerga MIDC is attracting investment in textile and beverage industries.

Religious places

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  • Mahadev Mandir (Shiva Temple): Umarga has a 1000-year-old ancient magnificent "Hemadpanthi" Temple of Lord Shiva. This indicates its roots linked to the Shilahar, Rastrkuta, Chalukya dynasty.
  • Birudev Temple is on Latur Road. Birudev is worshiped as the god of the Dhangar community.
  • Hanuman Mandir
  • Kala Maruti Mandir on Hyderabad road
  • BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir,Samudral
  • Tulja Bhawani Temple and Renuka Mata Temple
  • Sayad Basha Dargah
  • Maheboob subhani Dargah
  • 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.
  • Siddheshwar Temple Nagral:12 km south of Umarga is holy temple and is worshiped by Hindu community.
  • Shivrambuva Temple Wagdari:13 km north of Umarga is village deity of Wagdari and on the eve of every Mahashivratri the people of Wagdari celebrate it as Mela (Hindu festival)
  • Sayyed Haji Munnawar Dargha, Gunjoti
  • Achalbet Devastan, Turori
  • Kapil Vastu Buddha Vihar, Turori
  • Vahya Bandenavaj, Turori
  • Hanuman Mandir Ekondi (J)
  • Siddappa Temple Ekondi (J)
  • Tulja bhavani mandir Ekondi (J)
  • Ambabai Temple bhagatwadi.
  • Pravin baba math Ekondi

References

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  1. ^ "Census of India: Search Details". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ "NPR Report: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Umarga". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Kanarese". DSAL The Record News.


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