Danta is a city in the taluka of the same name in the

Banaskantha district Banaskantha district is one of the Districts of Gujarat, thirty-four districts of the Gujarat States and territories of India, state of India. The administrative headquarters and largest city is Palanpur. The district is in northeastern Gujarat wh ...

of the

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n state of

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. It lies about 150 km north of

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city, and on the border of Gujarat with

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Demography

The majority of residents are Hindu but there are also a substantial Muslim population and smaller ones of Christians and Jains.

Politics

Since 1998, the Danta assembly seat has been held by Gadhvi Mukeshkumar Bhairavdanji of the

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party.

Distances

* Roughly 150 km from the Airport in Ahemdabad to Danta * Nearest Railway station is 40 km from both Abu Road and Palanpur * Udaipur — is about hours to 3 hrs drive only. * Ambaji Temple - 18 km * Kumbhariya Jain Temple - 22 km * Koteshwar Shiv Temple - 30 km * Taranga Jain Temple - 30 km * Rani-Ki-vav, Patan - 80 km * Vadnagar Arches - 60 km * Modhera Sun Temple - 90 km * Mt. Abu - 70 km

External links

Election results at the Government of India's Election Website
{{Authority control Villages in Banaskantha district