Savarkundla

Savar Kundla
—  city  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District(s)	Amreli
Population	73,695 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 364515 • Telephone • +02845 • Vehicle • gj 14

Savar Kundla is a city and a municipality in Amreli district, Gujarat, India. It is a twin city that formed when the cities of Savar and Kundla merged.

Savar Kundla is also the name of a taluka in Amreli district. There are 84 villages in this taluka, including Gadhakda, Vijpadi, Vanda, Juna Savar, Bhuva, Badhada, Vijyanagar, Likhala, Mota Zinzuda, Nana Zinzuda, Vadal, Khadsali, Nesadi, Kanatalav, Oliya, Charkhadiya, Gordka, Bhokarva, Bhenkara, Navagam, Luvara, Dhajdi, Jikiyali, and others.

Overview

The River Navali, which flows south to north during the monsoon season, is the main attraction of the city. The population of the city is 155,000, and its area is 36 km².

Demographics

As of the 2001 census of India, Savar Kundla had a population of 73,695. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

There is a major presence of people with the surnames Kanadia and Chudasama in Savar Kundla. From year 2010,Now the population of Savar Kundla has increased to around 1.25 lacs.

Geography

Savar Kundla is situated on southern Saurashtra plateau. it has a hilly terrain. ground water table is very low. The water contains high level of TDS counts along with excess level of sodium and phosphate. The water extracted from the bore-wells is found to be very hot.

Economy

Savar Kundla is known for producing weighing scales. One third of its total population is one or the other way connected with this industries. It is the only manufacturer of the weighing scales in India except the electronics weighing balance. Currently, it is emerging as an assembling hub for electronic weighing scales. But unfortunately government have shown little interest in the development of these Business. Savar Kundla also famous for fruits like Gwawa (Jamfal) , and tasty vegetables. Main source of economy is agriculture. cotton and groundnut are the main corps cultivated by farmers. Rain is main source of irrigation. No industrial development in Savar Kundla took place because of some political leaders. In this year 2009 one power project established that is first and only pvt.ltd. company. However there are great opportunitities for some industries like iron industries, cement product industries, dimond industries, But till know no leaders successfully attract interest of the state government. So till today savarkundla have no GIDC. There is one person named Hitesh Mahida (Mechanical Engineer from Nirma University)is trying to develop GIDS-Savarkundla.

Education

Savar Kundla has literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 55%.

There are three educational institutions in Savar Kundla affiliated to Saurashtra University

• Shri V.D. Kannkiya Arts and Shri M.R. Sanghvi Commerce College
• Smt. V.D. Ghelani Mahila Arts College
• Shree Badhada Kelvani Mandal Sanchalit, Shri K. K. Virani Institute of Pharmacy and Research Center
• Shree G.M. Bilakhiya Arts college, Vanda

The V.D. Kannkia Arts and M.R. Sanghavi Commerce College is known for producing many good students who come here from rural areas.

There are also some good schools like, P H Banjara High School, K K High School, J V Modi High School & Swaminarayan Gurukul High School.

History and culture

There is a building named Darbargadh in Savar Kundla which is believed to be made by Jogidas Khuman from Ambardi village near Savar Kundla.

Savar Kundla is famous for herbal fireworks. On the night of Diwali, people from both parts of the city (Savar and Kundla) gather on the riverfront and throw handmade fireworks, called "ingoriya", to the opposite side.