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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Archan Sahhebrao Hiwale
Contact: 90****6185
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- LGD code
- 543028
- Pincode
- 445206
- Post office
- Umarkhed
- Population
- 2,334
- Households
- 549
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1016 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,339
- Distance to district centre
- 125 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 76 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 448 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 268 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chondi · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kousalya Matha Multi Speciality Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Korta compares
By population, Korta ranks #18 of 131 villages in Umarkhed mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.1%
−2.1% vs mandal average
Korta65.1%
Umarkhed mandal67.2%
Yavatmal district73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,016
+69 vs mandal average
Korta1,016
Umarkhed mandal947
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
Korta4.3
Umarkhed mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Korta at a glance
Korta is a village of 2,334 people in 549 households (Census 2011) in Umarkhed taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 18th-largest of 131 villages in Umarkhed taluka. Literacy is 65%, 2 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. It lies 125 km from the Yavatmal district centre, 10 km from Kurunda, the nearest town, 3 km from Chondi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 445206, served by Umarkhed post office; the LGD village code is 543028. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kousalya Matha Multi Speciality Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Archan Sahhebrao Hiwale, and the village votes in Pusad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indranil Manohar Naik. The population is estimated at 2,752 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kortawan →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korta · this village | 2,334 | 65% | — |
| Korta · Vasmath | 1,674 | 57% | 0 km N |
| Wai Tarf Dhamangaon · Vasmath | 1,683 | 66% | 2.3 km N |
| Parwa · Palam | 2,217 | 58% | 3.2 km SW |
| Barepurwadi · Vasmath | 774 | 65% | 4.2 km S |
| Bhendegaon · Vasmath | 1,442 | 72% | 4.3 km SE |
| Bhendegaon · Loha | 1,184 | 62% | 4.3 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Korta
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KINWAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 127
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 61
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 504
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 440.526
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Korta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Korta
- LGD code
- 543028
- Pincode
- 445206
- Post office
- Umarkhed
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,334
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,752
- Households
- 549
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1016
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.42479°N, 77.12947°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pusad
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indranil Manohar Naik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Archan Sahhebrao Hiwale
- Block / Mandal
- Umarkhed
Getting there
How to reach Korta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai448 kmcapital
- Hyderabad268 km
- Bengaluru719 km
- Chennai781 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChondi3 km
- Hospital / PHCKousalya Matha Multi Speciality Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM & CDM33 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump33 km
- CollegeMatoshri College39 km
- Police stationPalam Police Station49 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 445206
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Other villages named Korta
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- KortaSumerpur · Pali, Rajasthan2,771 pop
- KortaDanda · Garhwa, Jharkhand2,203 pop
- KortaVasmath · Hingoli, Maharashtra1,674 pop
- KortaBakavand · Bastar, Chhattisgarh1,447 pop
- KortaJabera · Damoh, Madhya Pradesh1,411 pop
- KortaJainath · Adilabad, Telangana639 pop
- KortaNawa Bazar · Palamu, Jharkhand385 pop
- KortaGarhwa · Garhwa, Jharkhand179 pop
Villages near Korta
Other villages in Umarkhed mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)