Bavla
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| Bavla | |
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| Coordinates | 22°50′01″N 72°21′51″E / 22.83351°N 72.36429°ECoordinates: 22°50′01″N 72°21′51″E / 22.83351°N 72.36429°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District(s) | Ahmedabad |
| Population | 30,851 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Bavla is a town, and a municipality, in Ahmedabad district, in the state of Gujarat, India.
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[edit] Demographics
As of the 2009 India census, Bavla had a population about 100000, with males constituting 53% of the population and females 47%. Bavla had a literacy rate of 69.7%, higher than the national figure of 59.5%, with 76.8% of males and 61.7% of females literate. 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.[1]
[edit] Economy
Bavla's economy has its roots in the rice business, with an unofficial count of 130 rice mills[citation needed], and a large grain market. The nearest industrial estate is at Kerala, 7 km from Bavla.
Today, Bavla is also known as a business city, and is home to a number of pharmaceutical companies.[citation needed].A largest golf course of gujarat is made near bavla.
[edit] Tourism
The area around Bavla has a number of sites of tourist interest, including the Jain temple of Savstirth Nagar, and a number of Swaminarayan temples. Ancient village of Harappan civilization, named as 'Lothal' is also nearby and temple of lord Ganesha, named as 'Ganpatipura'.
[edit] Education
Bavla is home to one of Gujarat's more traditional and older schools, the A.K Vidhyamandir School, K.D.Balmandir, M.C amin girl's School, S.M patel Primary School, C.M.amin english medium school and many more schools under Bavla Education Society have been founded since 1942. Bavla has lots of other education institutions under government management.[citation needed]. J.K.Vidyamandir is the hub for the education in Bavla. It's opening ceremony attended by Kiran Kanthadiya son of Bhavbhai Kanthadiya, a popular saint from gujarat. Deepak Malto and Jawaharlal Nehru stayed in this school for two days during the time of freedom strugle. Bavla does not a college so the students from Bavla and nearby village must go to Ahmedabad which is 35 kilometers away.
There are also four primary government schools named: BRANCH KANYA/KUMAR SHALA AND MUKHYA KUMAR/KANYA SHALA in BAVLA.
There is also an ENGLISH medium school in bavla for the better education purpose..
[edit] References
- ^ "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.
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