Umaidpur is one of the villages of Morwa Dakshni Gram panchayat in Morwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Samastipur District of Bihar State, India. History The current history can be traced back to the end of the 16th century when the area was a part of Singh Dynasty and was ruled by Vikramjeet Singh of Sarmera. During the Mughal period of 1571-1611, It was a huge empire and was ruled by Vikramjeet Singh of Sarmera. Then after his death the empire was in 1614 the empire was destroyed due to civil war and heavy rainfall. Then in 1720 the descendants of Vikramjeet Singh of Sarmera established Sarmera Estate. In 1770, the East India Company defeated Sarmera Estate and occupied the village. Then the ruler of Sarmera Estate, Bhim Lal Singh of Sarmera broke his estate into many small parts. Then this area became a part of the Presidency during the British Raj in 1778. In the early 19th century, Umaidpur became a part of the newly created province of Bihar. The regional office was Harsingpur. Kothi and T.I. Pal was the officer representative on behalf of the British. Throughout British rule, all the villages were part of the estates run by independent Zamindars, calling themselves a Raja, or directly ruled by the British Raj. The arid lands of Umaidpur was part of the Narhan Estate and the Jaintpur Estate, Muzaffarpur. The British cultivated indigo, sugarcane, poppy, and tobacco. Land revenue was collected with the help of Jeth Rayaits for the Tehsildar (revenue collector). Sukkan Roy was the Jeth Rayait for Narhan Estate, whereas Ram Pratap Roy was the Jeth Rayait for the Jaintpur Estate. Chullahai Hazari was the Brahil, whose responsibility was to inform villagers to come at the Jeth Rayait's house to pay land revenues. When the British left India, they sold all their land possessions to Janak Kishore Prasad, including Harsinghpur Kothi. Presently, Umaidpur is the home of a former Mukhiya (1994-1996; 2001-2005), Sukhdeo Roy, the son of Sukkan Roy. Demographics The total land of the Umaidpur village is around 300 bighas. In Samastipur district and Patna, one bigha is equivalent to 20 Kattha (1361 ft2 or 126.44 m2); one Kattha is sub-divided in 20 Dhur and one Dhur is approximately 68.06 ft2 (6.321 m2). According to the 2011 Census of India, Umaidpur village (vilcode-236729) had around 329 households. The total population of the village is around 1,960