Ashta, Maharashtra
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Ashta is a city and a municipal council
in Sangli district
in the state of Maharashtra
, India
. Ashta is a municipality dating back to the days of the British rule, from the year 1853.
Ashta in Sangli District is also known as Sawalakhi Ashta, apparently in British days this town has tax dues (Shet sara) of 1.25 lakh. Unconfirmed data shows this town has around 35000 acres (141.6 km²) of agriculturl land, largest for any town in Maharashtra.
Ashta is famous for Bhavai festival.
Ashta is also famous for its progressive farmers and well-cultivated farms producing soyabean, sugar cane, paan mala (betel nut leaves farming), flowers and what not. Ashta is major producer of sugarcane supplied to adjoining sugar factories as Sarvodaya (5 km), Hutatma (7 km), Vasantadada (21 km) and Rajarambapu (21 km). Farming community constitutes more than 70 % population of this town.
The agricultural land around the town is very well irrigated with the waters of River Krishna and Warna. Ashta enjoys abundant water and electricity supply. Municipal council of Ashta have just finished the work of laying a new water distribution pipeline which is going to further imrpove the supply of potable water.
Ashta is also famous for successful running of credit co-operative societies (Pat sanshta). There are more than 40 credit co-operative societies operating out of Ashta.
Ashta is relatively cleaner city and has won many awards under Sant gadge Baba gram swachchata abhiyan (Saint Gadge baba town cleanliness movement). Roads are in pretty good shape and there are lot of improvements on infrastructure front, which has many accolades.
Ashta has very good connectivity to all the major cities around as it is located on State Highway No. 133 which connects Tehsil Shirala in the west, Islampur and passing through Sangli-Miraj to Vijapur in Karnataka.
Ample buses, both MSRTC and private ply to Pune-Mumbai, Kolhapur.
Recently, Municipal Council of Ashta implemented a project of concritisation of all the lanes in the town which has led to more improved hygiene.
, Ashta had a population of 33,190. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ashta has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Municipal council
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in Sangli district
Sangli district
Sangli district is a district of Maharashtra state in west-central India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. The district is 24.51% urban. Sangli and Miraj are the largest cities. The industrial town of Kirloskarwadi is also located in the Sangli District...
in the state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Ashta is a municipality dating back to the days of the British rule, from the year 1853.
Geography
Ashta is located at 16.95°N 74.4°E. It has an average elevation of 567 metres (1860 ft).Ashta in Sangli District is also known as Sawalakhi Ashta, apparently in British days this town has tax dues (Shet sara) of 1.25 lakh. Unconfirmed data shows this town has around 35000 acres (141.6 km²) of agriculturl land, largest for any town in Maharashtra.
Ashta is famous for Bhavai festival.
Ashta is also famous for its progressive farmers and well-cultivated farms producing soyabean, sugar cane, paan mala (betel nut leaves farming), flowers and what not. Ashta is major producer of sugarcane supplied to adjoining sugar factories as Sarvodaya (5 km), Hutatma (7 km), Vasantadada (21 km) and Rajarambapu (21 km). Farming community constitutes more than 70 % population of this town.
The agricultural land around the town is very well irrigated with the waters of River Krishna and Warna. Ashta enjoys abundant water and electricity supply. Municipal council of Ashta have just finished the work of laying a new water distribution pipeline which is going to further imrpove the supply of potable water.
Ashta is also famous for successful running of credit co-operative societies (Pat sanshta). There are more than 40 credit co-operative societies operating out of Ashta.
Ashta is relatively cleaner city and has won many awards under Sant gadge Baba gram swachchata abhiyan (Saint Gadge baba town cleanliness movement). Roads are in pretty good shape and there are lot of improvements on infrastructure front, which has many accolades.
Ashta has very good connectivity to all the major cities around as it is located on State Highway No. 133 which connects Tehsil Shirala in the west, Islampur and passing through Sangli-Miraj to Vijapur in Karnataka.
Ample buses, both MSRTC and private ply to Pune-Mumbai, Kolhapur.
Recently, Municipal Council of Ashta implemented a project of concritisation of all the lanes in the town which has led to more improved hygiene.
Demographics
As of 2001 India censusCensus
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, Ashta had a population of 33,190. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ashta has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.