Chanasma is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Patan district

Patan district

Patan district is one of the 26 districts of Gujarat state in western India. This district is located in northern Gujarat and bounded by Banaskantha district in the north and northeast, Mehsana district in the east and southeast, Surendranagar district in the south and Kutch District and the Kutch...

  in the state of Gujarat, India

India

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Geography

Chanasma is located at 23.72°N 72.12°E. It has an average elevation of 61 metres (200 feet).
It is small town and a place where peoples from surrounding villages comes for shopping. It also has a comerce and arts college and two schools which provides education until 12th grades.Most population of CHANASMA is PATEL and JAIN community.Famous for jain temple of god BHATEVA PARSVANATH. saibaba temple is also famous in north gujarat.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Chanasma had a population of 15,819. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chanasma has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 81% and female literacy of 67%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.