Vita, Maharashtra

Vita Vite
Town
Vita Location in Maharashtra, India Show map of Maharashtra Vita Vita (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 17°16′16″N74°32′16″E / 17.27111°N 74.53778°E / 17.27111; 74.53778
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Talukas	Khanapur (Vita)
Government
• Body	Vita Municipal Council Mayor - Pratibhatai Vaibhav Patil
• MLA	Anil Babar
Area
• Total	55.3 km2 (21.4 sq mi)
Elevation	560 m (1,840 ft)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	48,289
• Density	870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Marathi [2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	415311
Telephone code	91(2347)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH-10
Lok Sabha constituency	Sangli
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Khanapur-Atpadi
Civic agency	Vita Municipal Corporation

Vita, also known as Vite, is a town and a municipal council in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Vita is also taluka headquarters of Khanapur taluka. ^{[3] [4]}

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%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have a population of 6,628 and 402 respectively. There were 10328 households in Vita in 2011. ^[1]

Languages

Marathi is the most commonly spoken language. Hindi and English were also spoken, in addition to some community-specific languages. ^[5]

Tourist attractions

• Revansiddha Temple
• Dargoba Mandir, Pare^{[ citation needed ]}
• Yashwantrao Chavan Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
• Sulkai Temple^{[ citation needed ]}

Transport

By Road

Vita is connected to urban settlements like Palus (27km), Tasgaon (32km) and Karad (42km) by road network.

By Railway

Nearest District HQ railway station Sangli is 53 km from Vita. Plenty of rikshas and private taxis are available from Vita to Sangli railway station. ^[6] Sangli station is the nearest major railway station, about 53 km (33 mi) away on the Mumbai–Bangalore main line. Sangli railway station is also connected to the city via bus services. From Sangli railway station, there are several trains to Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Goa, Mysuru, Hubli, Belgaum, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Agra, Gwalior, Jhansi, Puducherry, Tirunelveli(Kanyakumari), Guntakal, Tiruchirapali, Ratlam, Kota, Nagpur, Itarsi, Chitaurgarh, Abu Road, Gandhidham etc. Sangli station is convenient to reach from

Swachh survekshan awards

Vita was ranked 9th in both the west zone and the state for Best City in 'Innovation & Best Practices' in 2020. ^[7]

In the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2021, Vita ranked top in the cleanest city (in less than one lakh population category) of the India. ^[8]

References

• India portal

1. "Census 2011 - Vita (M Cl)". Census of India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
2. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
3. "State Elections 2004 Candidates Details for 274-Khanapur". nic.in. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
4. "COMMODITY - Agmarknet". nic.in. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
5. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
6. "49 Departures from Sangli CR/Central Zone - Railway Enquiry".
7. "Swachh Survekshan 2020". www.swachhsurvekshan2020.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
8. PTI (20 November 2021). "Swachh Survekshan 2021: Chhattisgarh retains title of cleanest state, Indore, Surat cleanest cities". India Today. Retrieved 20 March 2022.