Ashta is a Municipal Council city in district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Ashta city is divided into 19 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Ashta Municipal Council has population of 37,105 of which 19,171 are males while 17,934 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3739 which is 10.08 % of 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 authorize to build roads within Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Ashta 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Ashta Municipal Council in 2024 is approximately
51,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Ashta city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Ashta city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Ashta town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Ashta Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.40 % of total population in Ashta (M Cl).
Ashta Work Profile
Out of total population, 14,739 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 10,206 were males while 4,533 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 14739 working population, 89.37 % were engaged in Main Work while 10.63 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.