Umarga Tahsil

Umarga Tahsil उमरगा तालुका Omerga Tahsil, Omarga Tahsil, Umerga Tahsil
tehsil
Umarga Tahsil Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Osmanabad
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sabha constituency	Osmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Umarga

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.

History

Main article: Osmanabad § 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. The tahsil was 80.4% rural in 2001.

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

Marathi is the most commonly used language in Omerga, with around 10% speaking Kannada as their primary language. Kannada is the native language of the town and it is spoken along with the official language Marathi.

Towns and villages

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

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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.