Vita, also known as Vite, is a city and a

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Sangli district Sangli district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːŋɡli is a Districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by Satara district, Solapur district to the ...

in the

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. Vita is also taluka headquarters of Khanapur taluka.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Indian census, Vita had a population of 48,289, of which 24,692 were males and 23,597 were females. The population in the age group of 0 to 6 years was 5,321. The average literacy rate was 77.65% of which male literacy was 81.58% and the female literacy rate was 73.57%.

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have a population of 6,628 and 402 respectively. There were 10328 households in Vita in 2011.

Communication and media

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is the main language.

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and

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were also spoken, in addition to some community-specific languages.

Swachh survekshan awards

Vita was ranked 9th in both the west zone and the state for Best City in 'Innovation & Best Practices' in 2020. In the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2021, Vita ranked top in the cleanest city (in less than one lakh population category) of the India.

Tourist attractions

Revansiddha Temple ''For other uses related to Sidhhanath Temple, see: Sidhhanath Temple (disambiguation)'' Revansiddha Temple is a holistic devine temple dedicated to Lord Sri dev Revansiddha, (Renukacharya-the first panchacharya). It was built in the' 16th cen ...

* Dargoba Mandir, Pare * Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary kundal * Sulkai Temple

References

{{Maharashtra Cities and towns in Sangli district