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About Karsa Village

Karsa is a mid sized village in Latur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,043, made up of 556 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.21 hectares hectares.

Karsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karsa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Latur
Area (hectares) 516.21 hectares
Population 1,043
Male Population 556
Female Population 487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karsa compares

By the 2011 count Karsa is the 100th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,389 residents. Its 516.21 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Karsa

Karsa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karsa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karsa from other places

Karsa lies about 17 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Harangul, about 14 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 Karsa
Nearest railway station Harangul 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Latur 17 km

Villages closest to Karsa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Latur 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 Karsa

As per the Census of India 2011, Karsa village had a population of 1,043. That makes it the 100th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,389 residents.

Karsa village has 556 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karsa has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Karsa covers 516.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karsa falls under Latur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karsa is Harangul, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Karsa is about 17 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karsa is in Latur tehsil of Latur district. Harangul is about 14 km away. Latur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rui (2.5 km), Takali Bardpur (2.9 km) and Dindegaon (2.9 km).

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

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