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About Korta Village

Korta is a mid sized village in Basmath tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,674, made up of 836 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604 hectares hectares.

Korta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korta village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Hingoli
Tehsil Basmath
Area (hectares) 604 hectares
Population 1,674
Male Population 836
Female Population 838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Korta compares

By the 2011 count Korta is the 48th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 604 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Korta

Korta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Korta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korta from other places

Korta lies about 32 km from Hingoli, and the nearest railway station is Chondi, about 2.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Korta
Nearest railway station Chondi 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Basmath 11 km
Nearest town Basmat 11 km
District headquarters Hingoli 32 km

Villages closest to Korta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basmath tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Korta

As per the Census of India 2011, Korta village had a population of 1,674. That makes it the 48th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Korta village has 836 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korta has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Korta covers 604 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korta falls under Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Korta is Chondi, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Korta.

Korta is about 32 km from Hingoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korta is in Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district. Chondi is about 2.8 km away. Basmath is about 11 km away. Basmat is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Waghi (2.2 km), Pangra Tarf Dhamangaon (2.2 km) and Shingi (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Korta today is likely to be higher.

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