Manavadar

Manavadar
—  city  —
Manavadar Location of Manavadar in Gujarat and India
Coordinates	21°30′N 70°08′E / 21.5°N 70.13°E / 21.5; 70.13Coordinates: 21°30′N 70°08′E / 21.5°N 70.13°E / 21.5; 70.13
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District(s)	Junagadh
Population	27,559 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 24 metres (79 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 362630 • Telephone • +02874 • Vehicle • GJ 11

Manavadar is a city and a municipality in Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Accession of Manavadar to India

• 1733 Manavadar (Bantva-Manavadar) state founded.
• 1818 British protectorate.
• 25 Sep 1947 Accedes to Pakistan.
• 15 Feb 1948 Rescinds accession to Pakistan, accedes to India.

Geography

Manavadar is located at 21°30′N 70°08′E / 21.5°N 70.13°E / 21.5; 70.13^[1]. It has an average elevation of 24 metres (78 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Manavadar had a population of 27,559. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Manavadar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 63%. In Manavadar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

It has developed cotton industry and cotton and groundnut are the most cash crops of the area. The town was famous once upon a time^[when?] due to its vegetable ghee industries, but in winds and sweeps of economic reform in India, all three units has been closed. Manavadar taluk have big towns or villages like Bantwa, Nanadiya, Khambhla, Nakara,Pajod, Jilana, Sardargadh (List of Indian Princely States), Mitdi, Limbuda, Indra, Sherdi, Bhimora, Galvav, Sanosara,Koyalana(Ghed), Vadala, Sitana, Bhitana, padaradi (Ghed)(પાદરડી-ઘેડ) etc.

Temples of Manavadar

1. Pipleshwar Mahadev 2. Ram Mandir 3. Mahadevye 4. Gayatri Mandir 5. Haveli 6. Swaminarayan Mandir 7. Hanuman Mandir Khambhla 8. shiv Mandir Kothariya 9. Hadamtadi Hanuman Mandir 10.[Dudheshvar Mahadev] 11.Chaitanya Hanuman Mandir 12.Ganesh Mandir. 13.Kastabhanjan Mandir 14.Mahakaleshwar Mandir [Mitdi] 15.Chamunda Mataji Mandir [velva] 16.Shitla Mataji Mandir [sardargadh]

Community Hall

1.Shree Sorathiya Prajapati Samaj Vadi

2.Shree Veshnav Variya Prajapati Samaj Vadi

3.Shree Jalaram Temple

4.Shree Patel Samaj

5.Girnara(Jogia) Parajia Soni Samaj Vadi

6.satwara samaj bsu station road

References

Dashashreemali Sthanakwasi Jain

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Manavadar
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.