Salaya
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Salaya is a city and a municipality
in Jamnagar district
in the India
n state
of Gujarat.
, Salaya had a population of 26,908. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Salaya has an average literacy rate of 26%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 36%, and female literacy is 17%. In Salaya, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population mostly consisted of Vaghers following Muslim Religion. Other communities are also there, but the town is dominated by Vagher.
Salaya is famous for traditional business related to sailing vessel trade. Here most of the population is connected with sailing vessel trade, it may be commercial trips or building the vessels. The sailing vessels making trip from Indian coast to Pakistan, Gulf countries and African countries. The vessels being built here are mostly of dhow type.
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 Jamnagar district
Jamnagar district
Jamnagar District is located in state of Gujarat, India on the southern coast of the Gulf of Kutch. The headquarters is in Jamnagar. The famous city of Dwarka is situated in this district. The district had a population of 1,904,278 of which 43.91% were urban as of 2001.Jamnagar is a very beautiful...
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 Gujarat.
Geography
Salaya is located at 22.32°N 69.6°E. It has an average elevation of 19 metres (62 feet).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...
, Salaya had a population of 26,908. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Salaya has an average literacy rate of 26%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 36%, and female literacy is 17%. In Salaya, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population mostly consisted of Vaghers following Muslim Religion. Other communities are also there, but the town is dominated by Vagher.
Salaya is famous for traditional business related to sailing vessel trade. Here most of the population is connected with sailing vessel trade, it may be commercial trips or building the vessels. The sailing vessels making trip from Indian coast to Pakistan, Gulf countries and African countries. The vessels being built here are mostly of dhow type.