Umarga

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
Town
Umarga Location in Maharashtra, India
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

Geography

The town of Umarga is situated near National highway 65 Pune-Solapur-Hyderabad-Machilipatnam.

Demographics

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%).

Industrial park

Umarga has a Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation industrial park of 2500 hectares.^{[citation needed]}