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About Korta Village

Korta is a large village in Umarkhed tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,334, made up of 1,158 males and 1,176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 445207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korta village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Umarkhed
Pincode 445207
Area (hectares) 504 hectares
Population 2,334
Male Population 1,158
Female Population 1,176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korta compares

By the 2011 count Korta is the 22nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents. Its 504 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Korta

Korta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ 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 112 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Parwakhurd, about 20 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 town Hadgāon 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Umarkhed 12 km
Nearest railway station Parwakhurd 20 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 112 km

Villages closest to Korta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Umarkhed 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 2,334. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents.

Korta village has 1,158 males and 1,176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korta has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Korta is 445207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korta covers 504 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korta falls under Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Korta is Parwakhurd, about 20 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 Korta.

Korta is about 112 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korta is in Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district. Hadgāon is about 2.1 km away. Umarkhed is about 12 km away. Parwakhurd is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dongargaon (2.3 km), Bittargaon Bk (4.6 km) and Chincholi Sangam (5.8 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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