Tharad is a town in Tharad taluka

Tehsil

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 in the Banaskantha district of the state of Gujarat in India

India

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. It is the administrative center of Tharad taluka. Tharad is near the border of Gujarat, 40 km from the border with Pakistan

Pakistan

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 and 15 km from the Indian state 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 town was a princely state

Princely state

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 ruled by the British

British Raj

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, and the majority of its population follow the religion of Jainism

Jainism

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. Its main industry is agriculture

Agriculture

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Areas of local interest

Tharad has seven government-run primary schools, and three high school

High school

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s: Rajeshwar Adarsha Vidhyalay, Janta High School and Gayatri Vidyalaya thrad. It also has an Arts, Commerce and Science college run by the Shri Anjna Patel (chaudhary) Kelvani Trust.

The town has many public and privately-run hospital

Hospital

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s, including a large referral hospital and a public health center.

Transportation

Tharad is also a center for transport, with over 300 buses linking the town with various parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Economy

Tharad is dependent on agriculture and trade. The economic center of the town is the Central Agriculture Market Yard where farmers can auction their crops. There are many dairy

Dairy

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 cooperatives, and cold storage is located nearby. Tharad also has a big jewelery market.