Ashta, Pombhurna
Ashta (आष्टा) is a village and Village Panchayat of the Pombhurna Taluka in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, which falls under Pombhurna block. Kiran Dakhare is the President of Ashta Village Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address kirandakhare@yahoo.com and mobile number 89758xxx60. The Panchayat landline number is 07171-20**10. The Secretary is Shree Bhupati Masaram, who can be reached at email address bhapatimasaraml@gmail.com and mobile number 84089xxx52. The Panchayat address is AT-Ashta Tah-Pombhurna Dist-Chandraapur, Pincode - 442918. You can reach there by taking a bus till Pombhurna bus stop which is around 3 km away. The Panchayat has library facility, internet facility and Wi-Fi facility. There are one computer and one printer available for various works. It also has a CSC center.
As on April 2024, the current population of Ashta is 794 out of which 420 are males and rest 374 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 890 females per 1000 males. There are around 72 teenagers in Ashta. It has literacy rate of 62% which means around 496 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 129 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 203 households in Ashta, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 505. The pincode of Ashta is 442918 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Pombhurna Sub Post office
- Subhashgram Branch Post office
- Gomani Branch Post office
- Dabgaon Maktha Branch Post office
- Dewada Khurd Branch Post office
Schools
Ashta has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Janta Vidy.&m.Vidy
- Z.P.U.Primary School Dewada Khurd
- Swami Vivekanand Public School Pombhurna
- Pombhurna Public School Pombhurna
- Z.P.High School Navegaon More
Covered villages
Ashta Village Panchayat manages total 3 villages.
- Ashta
- Sonapur
- Sonapur Rith