Ashta is a city and a
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
in
Sangli district
Sangli district (Marathi pronunciation: aːŋɡli is a district of Maharashtra state in India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by Satara district, Solapur district to the North, Karnataka state to South-East, by Kolh ...
in the state of
Maharashtra, India. It is located at . It has an average elevation of 567 metres (1860 ft). The name "Ashta" comes from the legend that Lord Shri Ram established eight (Asht) Lord Mahadev temples in this area. The city is divided into 19 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Ashta Municipal Council has the population of 37,105 of which 19,171 are males while 17,934 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011.
Ashta is rapidly merging with
Sangli
Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...
city as a satellite suburb and will soon become part of Sangali Urban Agglomeration.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3739 which is 10.08% of the total population of Ashta (M Cl). In Ashta Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 935 against state average of 929. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Ashta is around 869 compared to Maharashtra state average of 894. Literacy rate of Ashta city is 83.60% higher than state average of 82.34%. In Ashta, Male literacy is around 89.52% while female literacy rate is 77.32%.
Ashta Municipal Council has total administration over 7,709 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Ashta Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
History
It is said that Ashta is formally known as 'Sawalakhi Ashta'. There are eight linga (Ashtling) present in the town which are created by Lord Rama. That's why it is known as Ashta.
Education
Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering & Technology is an autonomous engineering college, located in the city. It is located about 20 km from Sangli. The institute is NAAC-accredited and NBA-accredited.
Annasaheb Dange Ayurved Medical college
Annasaheb Dange college of B.Pharmacy
Arts & commerce college
M.G.V & junior college
K.B.P English Medium Sschool
New English School For Girls
Vilasrao Shinde Saheb Highschool Ashta
B.K.Chougule madhyamik vidyalaya Ashta
Navodit prathmik v madhyamik vidyalaya Ashta
Agriculture
Sugar cane is the predominant crop grown by the farmers in Ashta. Ashta is among several towns in Sangli district which are considered part of larger sugar cane belt. It was hit by floods in 2019 affecting sugarcane production.
Industry
Zanver Group of industries
1) Ashta Liners Pvt Ltd
2) Kasturi Foundry Pvt Ltd
Transport
Railway
Sangli
Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...
&
Kirloskarvadi
Kirloskarwadi is an industrial township that developed around the Kirloskar Brothers Ltd factory in the Palus Sangli district, in Maharashtra state, India. It is the second oldest industrial township in India. On 10 March 2010, Kirloskarwadi c ...
is the nearest big railway stations
sangli
Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...
: 18 km ,
Kirloskarvadi
Kirloskarwadi is an industrial township that developed around the Kirloskar Brothers Ltd factory in the Palus Sangli district, in Maharashtra state, India. It is the second oldest industrial township in India. On 10 March 2010, Kirloskarwadi c ...
: 23km from Ashta. Both stations are connected lines to major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Mysuru, Hubli, Bhopal, Agra, Nagpur, Goa, Mangalore, Cochin by express trains. The nearest junction is Miraj junction connected via rail to India's major cities with express services to Pune, Mumbai,
Bengaluru and New Delhi. Miraj is located on distance of 27 km from Ashta.
Road
Ashta is located on
New National Highway 166H and State Highway 151. The distance from Ashta to major cities are Kolhapur (40 km), Sangli (20 km), Pune (225 km), Mumbai (350 km).
Demographics
As of 2011 India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
,
Ashta had a population of 37105. Male constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.
References
{{Sangli district topics
Cities and towns in Sangli district