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{{use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Umarpur
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.0437147|N|75.6042051|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric


| elevation_m = 240
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 1163
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 595/568 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144039
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 01821
| registration_plate =
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-PB]]

| blank1_name_sec2 = Posta office
| blank1_info_sec2 = Nurmahal
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Umarpur''' is a village in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 6.7 km from postal head office in [[Nurmahal]], 26 km from [[Phillaur]], 35 km from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and 146 km from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]], who is an [[elected representative]].

== Demography ==
As of the [[2011 Census of India]], the village has 238 houses and a population of 1163, comprising 595 are males and 568 females. The literacy rate of the village was 79.48%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years was 120 and the child sex ratio was approximately 935, which was higher than the state average of 846.

Most of the people were from the [[Schedule Caste]]s, who constituted 62.34% of the population; there were no people designated as members of [[Schedule Tribe]]s.

As per census 2011, 379 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 363 males and 16 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.45% workers describe their work as main work and 10.55% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

== Transport ==
Nurmahal railway station is the nearest train station. The larger Phillaur Junction station is 24.4 km away from the village. The village is 54.5 km away from [[domestic airport]] in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest [[international airport]] is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is 127 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== References ==
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{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

Umarpur - Revision history

->Auric: Added {{Unreferenced}} tag