Ausa (town)

This article is about the town in Maharashtra. For other uses, see Ausa (disambiguation).

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
city
Ausa Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18.25°N 76.5°E / 18.25; 76.5
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.gov.in

Geography

Ausa is located at 18.25°N 76.5°E / 18.25; 76.5.^[2] It has an average elevation of 634 metres (2080 feet).

History

When 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

Around 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

As 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.

Religions in Ausa
Religion			Percent
Hindus			52%
Muslims			45%
Buddhists			2%
Christians			0.2%
Jains			0.2%
Others†			0.4%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), OBC, VJNT (<0.2%).

References

1. "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Latur District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013.
2. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ausa
3. "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.