Jasdan
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Jasdan is a city and a municipality
in Rajkot district
in the India
n state
of Gujarat.
, Jasdan had a population of 80,000. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jasdan has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 60%. In Jasdan, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Geograhically it is the heart of the Mandav hills from where majority of rivers of saurashtra gets originated and flows to Arabian sea and Gulf of kutchh and Gulf of khambhat and where two major rivers of saurashtra peninsula gets originated namely the Aji river and the Bhadar river and of-course with their tributaries like Nyari,Budhanpari,Hadariyo,Gondali and many more streams.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Rajkot district
Rajkot district
Rajkot district is one of the 26 districts of the Indian state of Gujarat. Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is the third-most advanced district in Gujarat....
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of Gujarat.
Geography
Jasdan is located at 22.03°N 71.2°E. It has an average elevation of 193 metres (633 feet). Ghela Somnath Temple is situated in Jasdan.Jasdan is the biggest Taluka in Rajkot district and has 102 villages.Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Jasdan had a population of 80,000. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jasdan has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 60%. In Jasdan, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Geograhically it is the heart of the Mandav hills from where majority of rivers of saurashtra gets originated and flows to Arabian sea and Gulf of kutchh and Gulf of khambhat and where two major rivers of saurashtra peninsula gets originated namely the Aji river and the Bhadar river and of-course with their tributaries like Nyari,Budhanpari,Hadariyo,Gondali and many more streams.