Umerkote, also known as Umarkot and Amarkot, is a town of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, in eastern India.

Umerkote is situated in the northern corner of Nabarangpur District and administratively borders Chhattisgarh in the west.

Small hills and mounts cover the place, providing a number of perennial sources of water as streams and ponds.

Its out-stream, namely Bhaskel, flows by the town, giving a production of vegetables and pulses throughout the year.

Branches of the main canals of the Bhaskel Medium Irrigation Project surround the outskirts of Umerkote to give up a fertile land for double crops and other seasonal productions.

For the first time in the recent history of Umerkote, snow flake crystal deposition found on paddy straw heaps near DNK and Shanti Nagar area with temperature as low as 3.2 °C (37.8 °F) on 15 January 2012.

With growth, township people from other parts of Odisha and neighbouring states showed their interest to live at Umerkote.

Being based mainly on agriculture, business relating to fertilizer, pesticides, garments and retail are conducted.

Weekly markets (Hato) are organized in a nearby location on fixed weekdays, to share products within the area.

Pendrani College, established in 1984, has been set up with local help giving education to collegiates students up to graduation.

Court which is established in the year 1962 which has jurisdiction over Umerkot, Raighar, Dabugaon, Chandahandi, Jharigam and Kundei Police Station areas in Criminal and Civil matters.

Among non-government institutions like Saraswati Sishu Mandir, Sri Aurobindo Purnanga Sikhya Kendra are owned by locals, and among government school Odisha Adarsha VidyalayaSwami Vivekananda Vidya Mandir Up Graded Project High School in Nabarangpur District.

SBI, ICICI, PNB, Axis Bank provide ATM service to the people of Umerkote.

No railway line connects the town directly, but Umerkote has been provided with several buses to Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Brahampur, Jagdalpur, Raipur.

Podagad, a hill range in the west of the town preserves some historic evidences of ancient dynasties ruling over the area.

Chandan Dhara is a nature area in the deep forests 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Umerkote, through the village Jharigam.

Current MLA from 73-Umarkote (ST) Assembly Constituency is Shri Nityananda Gond[3] from Bharatiya Janata Party.

Prior to him late Sri Jagabandhu Majhi of Biju Janata Dal (BJP), who was shot dead on 24 September 2011, in a public meeting at Gona; won the seat in State Elections in 2009 was the MLA from Umerkote.

The By-election poll held on 30 November 2011 in which Sri Subash Gond of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won with a margin of 21061 votes to his contender Sri Dharmu Gond of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Previous MLAs from this seat were Sri Dharmu Gond Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Smt Parama Pujari who won this seat representing Indian National Congress (INC) in 2000, 1995 and 1985 and representing INC(I) in 1980, Sri Gurubaru Majhi of JD in 1990, and Late Rabisingh Majhi of Janata Party (JNP) in 1977.