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Town in Maharashtra, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Umarga | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 17°50′24″N 76°37′18″E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
District | Osmanabad |
Government | |
• Type | State government and central government |
• Body | Nagar Palika |
Elevation | 572 m (1,877 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 35,477 |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-MH |
Lok Sabha constituency | Osmanabad |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Umarga[2] |
Website | Npomerga.org.in |
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).
In the 2011 census, the town of Umarga had a population of 35,609.[3] The official language is Marathi.[4][5]
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.
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