Ausa
—  city  —
Ausa Location of Ausa in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	18°15′N 76°30′E / 18.25°N 76.5°E / 18.25; 76.5Coordinates: 18°15′N 76°30′E / 18.25°N 76.5°E / 18.25; 76.5
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Latur
Population	230,863 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 634 metres (2,080 ft)

Ausa (Marathi: औसा) is a city and a municipal council in Latur District in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Geography[link]

Ausa is located at 18°15′N 76°30′E / 18.25°N 76.5°E / 18.25; 76.5.^[1] It has an average elevation of 634 metres (2080 feet). Among the major circles villages are Ujani, Bhada, Lamjana, Killari and Matola. Geographically area of Bhada is bigger in the Ausa Taluka.

Education[link]

There are best facilities of education.Shri Mahantswami Shikshan Prasarak Mandal`s. Shri Kumarswami Mahavidhyalaya is oldest College in the city, established in 1971. Hindustani Education Society's Azeem Junior College is one of the best colleges in the district. Shri Shiv Chatrapati Shikshan Prasarak Manded Ausa is also providing value based education to students. The schools in the city are as below: 1)Mukteshwar Secondary and Higher Secondary School Ausa 2)Azim high school 3)Vivekanand Vidyalay Ausa 4)Virbhadreshwar vidhyalay ausa 5)Late.Vijaykumar Valsange Primary and Secndary School, Nath Nagar Ausa TQ.Ausa Dist- Latur. 6)Shahu vidhyalaya Ausa 7)Bharat Vidyalay Andora-Bheta Tal Ausa Dist. Latur 8) Hazarat Surat Shah Urdu Highschool Ausa, 9) Mumtaj Urdu Primary School Bheta Tq.Ausa 10)Shri Vishweshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's, Dnyansagar Vidhyalay, Hasegaon Tq.Ausa Dist.Latur

Technical Education[link]

There are best facilities of Technical Education Shri Vishweshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's, Vishweshwarayya Polytechnic Almala Tq.Ausa Dist.Latur, Dagadojirao Deshmukh D.Pharmacy College Almala Tq.Ausa Dist.Latur, Shivlingeshwar College of B.Pharmacy Hasegaon Tq.Ausa Dist.Latur.

History[link]

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.

Agriculture[link]

Around the Killari area, grape production is large and is an important export. In the Almala village are famous for production in Sugarcane. Bhada village is 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[link]

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] 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 Kannada are widely understood by the people here.

References[link]

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ausa
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.