What is "umarkhed"

Umarkhed is a town (Population: 48000) and a municipal council in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Umarkhed (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in the Yavatmal district. It is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidate.

It is a part of the Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, viz Basmath, Kalamnuri and Hingoli from Hingoli district and Kinwat and Hatgaon from Nanded district.

The remaining constituencies from Yavatmal district, Ralegaon(ST), Yavatmal(ST), Digras and Pusad are part of Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) while Wani and Arni(SC) are part of Chandrapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

As of 2008, the constituency comprised the entire Umarkhed taluka and three revenue circles, Gunj, Mahagaon and Morath of the Mahagaon taluka.