Ausa is a Town and Municipal Council in Latur District in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is also the headquarters for Ausa Taluka One of the ten talukas in latur .
Ausa | |
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city | |
  Ausa Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°15′N 76°30′E / 18.25°N 76.5°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Latur |
| Taluka | Ausa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Ausa Nagar Parishad |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 634 m (2,080 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 70,294 |
| • Density | 13,001/km2 (33,670/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ausekar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 413520 |
| Telephone Code | +91-(0)2383 XXXXXX |
| Vehicle registration | MH-24 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Osmanabad |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ausa[1] |
| Website | maharashtra |
Geography
editAusa is located at 18°15′N 76°30′E / 18.25°N 76.5°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 634 metres (2080 feet).
History
editWhen Ausa was a Taluka, the recent Latur district place was a just part of this big Ausa Taluka. Ausa is as it is, but, Latur developed as a big city and a district place having more than 5 lac population. Ausa has an ancient fort. It was developed in es1200 and an iconic temple in the town is of the warkari saints Veernath and Mallinath Maharaj Ausekar.
Agriculture
editAround the Killari area, grape production is large and is an important export. In the Almala village are famous for production in Sugarcane. Bhada and Warwada villages are famous for producing carrots in whole district. The major river in Ausa is Tavaraja and Terana. It is a large market for livestock like cows, buffaloes, goats in both the Latur and Osmanabad districts.
Demographics
editAs of 2001[update] India census,[3] Ausa had a population of 30,876. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Marathi and Urdu are widely spoken by the people here.
References
edit- ^ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Latur District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ausa
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.