Sadri
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Sadri is a city and a municipality
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 Pali district
Pali district
Pali District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Pali is the district headquarters.-History:...

 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
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

. The city was called gate of Mewar to Marwar. Sadri is one of main worship place for Jain community. Sadri is landing place for Ranakpur Temple and Shri Parshuram Mahadev Mandir. Sadri Gram Panchayat converted into Municipality (Nagar Palika) in 1961.

Geography

Sadri is located at 25.18°N 73.43°E. It has an average elevation of 502 metres (1646 feet).

Demographics

India census
Census
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...

, Sadri had a population of 27,393. Males constitute 50.3% (13,762)of the population and females 49.7% (13,631). Sadri has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 65.5%, and female literacy is 41.7%. In Sadri, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

The nearest railway station on the network of Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

 to reach Sadri is Falna
Falna
Falna is a town in Pali District in Indian state of Rajasthan. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Jaipur railway line. Falna is 75 km from the district headquarter of Pali....

 which is 25 km & Rani, Rajasthan
Rani, Rajasthan
Rani is a city and a municipality in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It lies on the Sukari River, a tributary of the Luni. It is an important railway station on Ahmedabad-Delhi railway line....

. The nearest airport is Udaipur
Udaipur
Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...

, around 100 KM. Sadri is on Jodhpur - Udaipur road and on State Highway No.16. National highway is connetecd from Sanderav being around 35 km. Sadri is also well contected with Pali, Nathdvara,Kumbalgarh, Mt. Abu,etc.

Attractions

The Ranakpur
Ranakpur
Ranakpur is a village located in Desuri tehsil near Sadri town in the Pali district of Rajasthan in western India. It is located between Jodhpur and Udaipur, in a valley on the western side of the Aravalli Range...

 Jain temple and Parshuram Mahadev Temple
Parshuram Mahadev Temple
Parshuram Mahadev Temple is a Shiva temple in Desuri tehsil in Pali district of Rajasthan state in India . It is said that Parshuram, the sixth manifestation of Lord Vishnu, made the cave with his axe and used to worship the lord Shiva at this serene place in the foothills of the Aravalis mountain...

are attractions nearby. There are another visit places like Shri Parasram Mahadev,Shri Varaha Mandir, Maharani Baag, Jain Temple, Shri Vankal Mata temple, Shri Mahakali Temple etc. Sadri is dotted with 14 ancient Jain temples of 10th and 11th century. Major points of attraction include the ancient Varahavatar Temple and Chintamani Parasnath Temple. The beautiful and attractive glass temple built recently is also worth visiting. Sadri is situated near Narlai - a major Jain pilgrim center. Maharani Bagh Orchard Retreat is located 6 km from the bus station. Sadri also have a dam by the same name nearby on Magai river.

Education & Health

Sadri has many education institutes including a Higher Secondary school and many other secondary schools. It has a Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School along with the Adrash Secondy School; managed by a trust Shree Khetlaji Mandal. Sadri has Govt General hospital in the center of the city along with a Women's Hospital. There is well known hospital normally referred to as Wagawa Hospital.Also have a new hospital on Ranakpur road "Vallabh Hospital.
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