Visavadar
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Visavadar is a city and a municipality
in Junagadh district
in the India
n state
of Gujarat.
s (298 feet).
, Visavadar had a population of 18,048. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Visavadar has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 65%. In Visavadar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Visavadar MLA is Kanubhai Bhalala, elected in assembly election 2008.
Visavadar is Taluka (Tahesil) Place.
There are many high schools like N.C. Parmar Girls High School, Swaminarayana Gurukul, Boys school.
There is a collage in Visavadar which is named Devmani Arts and Commerce College.
There is a public library in Visavadar.
The fort of Bava Wala is in Visavadar. Satadhar temple is also only 5km away from Visavadar.
There are the Sasan Gir forest is very nearly from the Visavadar.
There is one Umeed Centre in Municipal Garden community hall behind Bus Station at Visavadar administrating by Purusharth Education & charitable Trust Somnath (Prabhas Patan)
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 Junagadh district
Junagadh district
Junagadh District is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.-Geography:The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Rajkot District , Porbandar District , Amreli District...
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
Visavadar is located at 21.38°N 70.68°E. It has an average elevation of 91 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 (298 feet).
Demographics
India censusCensus
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, Visavadar had a population of 18,048. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Visavadar has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 65%. In Visavadar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Visavadar MLA is Kanubhai Bhalala, elected in assembly election 2008.
Visavadar is Taluka (Tahesil) Place.
Holy place
Satadhar is the very holy place of the Gujarat. It is the place of AapaGiga who is the famous Sent of Visavadar. TulsiShyam, a famous 'Garam Pani no Zro' is near Visavadar. It is very holy place. The people came to see it.Education
In Visavadar there are many primary schools like Navyug Vidyalaya, Vivekanand Primary School, Nobel School, Bharmal School.There are many high schools like N.C. Parmar Girls High School, Swaminarayana Gurukul, Boys school.
There is a collage in Visavadar which is named Devmani Arts and Commerce College.
There is a public library in Visavadar.
The fort of Bava Wala is in Visavadar. Satadhar temple is also only 5km away from Visavadar.
There are the Sasan Gir forest is very nearly from the Visavadar.
There is one Umeed Centre in Municipal Garden community hall behind Bus Station at Visavadar administrating by Purusharth Education & charitable Trust Somnath (Prabhas Patan)