Ranavav
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Ranavav is a city and a municipality
in Porbandar district
in the India
n state
of Gujarat.
s (131 feet).
Ranavav is a Taluka of Porbandar district in Saurastra, Gujarat. In gujarat legislative(vidhan sabha) Ranavav shares it seat with kutiyana taluka(33, Ranavav/Kutiyana) currently the legislator is not that much importatant.
Ranavav is main head quarter for hundreds of villages near by, it is located at the edge of Jungle bardo, which extends from Jamnagar to Porbandar and it is rich in jungle products like rare harbs and animals jaguar etc.
There is also one historical place from the time of ramayan. It is called the Jambuvant's tunnel near ranavav railway station.
ranavav having diversified culture and community, Mainly - as below,
Hindu(bramhin, maher, rabari, vankar, baniya, thakkar, patel and darbar's are minority)
Muslim sia and sunni(khoja).
ranavav is rich in minarals mainly limestone and boxite.
ranavav taluka and adjecent area is rich in minarals hence mining is a major industry here.
here industries like "TATA chemicals limited" and "Hathi(saurastra) Cements Limited" also making their mark and it is one of the major employeer for local people.
Ranavav has high literacy rate.
Mayur Degda(manadeATgmailDOTcom) is from ranavav. he is currently working in RCOM, he is married to anisha.
Mrs. P.R.Pandavdra mother of Mr. Mayur Degda is an government servent and lives in ranavav.
, Ranavav had a population of 24,202. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ranavav has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 55%. In Ranavav, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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 Porbandar district
Porbandar district
Porbandar district is one of the 26 districts of Gujarat state in western India. The district covers an area of 2,295.35 km². It had a population of 536,835 of which 48.69% were urban as of 2001 census This district was carved out of Junagadh District. It lies in the Kathiawar peninsula. ...
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
Ranavav is located at 21.68°N 69.75°E. It has an average elevation of 40 metreMetre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s (131 feet).
Ranavav is a Taluka of Porbandar district in Saurastra, Gujarat. In gujarat legislative(vidhan sabha) Ranavav shares it seat with kutiyana taluka(33, Ranavav/Kutiyana) currently the legislator is not that much importatant.
Ranavav is main head quarter for hundreds of villages near by, it is located at the edge of Jungle bardo, which extends from Jamnagar to Porbandar and it is rich in jungle products like rare harbs and animals jaguar etc.
There is also one historical place from the time of ramayan. It is called the Jambuvant's tunnel near ranavav railway station.
ranavav having diversified culture and community, Mainly - as below,
Hindu(bramhin, maher, rabari, vankar, baniya, thakkar, patel and darbar's are minority)
Muslim sia and sunni(khoja).
ranavav is rich in minarals mainly limestone and boxite.
ranavav taluka and adjecent area is rich in minarals hence mining is a major industry here.
here industries like "TATA chemicals limited" and "Hathi(saurastra) Cements Limited" also making their mark and it is one of the major employeer for local people.
Ranavav has high literacy rate.
Mayur Degda(manadeATgmailDOTcom) is from ranavav. he is currently working in RCOM, he is married to anisha.
Mrs. P.R.Pandavdra mother of Mr. Mayur Degda is an government servent and lives in ranavav.
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...
, Ranavav had a population of 24,202. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ranavav has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 55%. In Ranavav, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.