Umarga/ Omerga is a town with a
municipal council
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in the
Osmanabad district in the
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of
Maharashtra
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. It is an administrative headquarter of the
Umarga Tehsil.
Geography
The town of Umarga is situated near
National highway 65
The following highways are numbered 65:
International
* Asian Highway 65
* European route E65
Canada
* Highway 65 (Ontario)
China
* G65 Expressway
France
* Autoroute A65
Germany
* Bundesautobahn 65
* Bundesstraße 65
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Pune-Solapur-Hyderabad-Machilipatnam. It is located 85 km by road east of the city of
Solapur
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, 95 km by road from the district capital of
Osmanabad
Osmanabad (; pronounced as ''Usmānābād''),is a city and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Osmanabad derives its name from the last ruler of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. Osmanabad city is the adm ...
, and 20 km west of the Karnataka-Maharashtra State boundary. The nearest towns are Jahagir Chincholi (5 km;south)
Turori (8 km east west 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
In the 2011 census, the town of Umarga had a population of 35,609.
The official language is
Marathi.
Economy and infrastructure
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
* Mahadev Mandir (Shiva Temple): Umarga has a 1000-year-old ancient magnificent "Hemadpanthi" Temple of
Lord Shiva
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. This indicates its roots linked to the Shilahar, Rastrkuta,
Chalukya Dynasty
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.
*
Birudev Temple is on Latur Road. Birudev is worshiped as the god of the
Dhangar community.
*Hanuman Mandir
*Kala Maruti Mandir on Hyderabad road
*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
{{Osmanabad district topics
Cities and towns in Osmanabad district
Talukas in Maharashtra