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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Vita<br />
| other_name = Vite<br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India3<br />
| pushpin_label_position = <br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|17|16|16|N|74|32|16|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sangli district|Sangli]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s<br />
| parts = [[Khanapur (Vita)]]<br />
| governing_body = Vita Municipal Council Mayor - Kajal Sanjay Mhetre<br />
| leader_title = MLA<br />
| leader_name = [[Suhas Babar]]<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 55.3<br />
| area_rank = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 560<br />
| population_total = 48,289<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census"/><br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=26 September 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 415311<br />
| area_code = 91(2347)<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| registration_plate = MH-10<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Sangli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangli]]<br />
| website = <br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-MH]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency|Khanapur-Atpadi]]<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = Vita Municipal Corporation<br />
}}<br />
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'''Vita''', also known as '''Vite''', is a town and a [[municipal council]] in [[Sangli district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Maharashtra]]. Vita is also taluka headquarters of Khanapur taluka.<ref>{{cite web|title=State Elections 2004 Candidates Details for 274-Khanapur|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Sep2004/pollupd/ac/states/S13/Acnstcand274.htm|website=nic.in|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=COMMODITY - Agmarknet|url=http://agmarknet.nic.in/cmm3_home.asp?comm=She%20Buffalo&dt=04/08/2014|website=nic.in|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
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.<ref name="Census">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 - Vita (M Cl) |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=642007 |website=Census of India |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><br />
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===Languages===<br />
[[Marathi language|Marathi]] is the most commonly spoken language. [[Hindi]] and [[English language|English]] were also spoken, in addition to some community-specific languages.<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |work=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Tourist attractions==<br />
* [[Revansiddha Temple]]<br />
* Dargoba Mandir, Pare{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}<br />
* [[Yashwantrao Chavan Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
* Sulkai Temple{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}<br />
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==Transport==<br />
===By Road===<br />
Vita is connected to urban settlements like [[Palus, Maharashtra|Palus]] (27km), [[Tasgaon]] (32km) and [[Karad]] (42km) by road network.<br />
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===By Railway===<br />
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Nearest District HQ railway station [[Sangli]] is 53&nbsp;km from Vita. Plenty of rikshas and private taxis are available from Vita to Sangli railway station.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/sangli-sli/79 |title=49 Departures from Sangli CR/Central Zone - Railway Enquiry }}</ref>[[Sangli]] station is the nearest major railway station, about {{convert|53|km|abbr=on}} 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<br />
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==Swachh survekshan awards==<br />
Vita was ranked 9th in both the [[Western India|west zone]] and the state for Best City in 'Innovation & Best Practices' in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swachh Survekshan 2020 |url=https://www.swachhsurvekshan2020.org/Scores/Index/802893 |website=www.swachhsurvekshan2020.org |access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref><br />
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In the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2021, Vita ranked top in the cleanest city (in less than one lakh population category) of the India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Swachh Survekshan 2021: Chhattisgarh retains title of cleanest state, Indore, Surat cleanest cities |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/swachh-survekshan-2021-awards-list-cleanest-state-city-in-india-1878992-2021-11-20 |access-date=20 March 2022 |work=India Today |date=20 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Portal|India}}<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Sangli district topics}}<br />
{{Maharashtra}}<br />
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