Kosamba is a
city
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and a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
situated in the
Mangrol Taluka in
Surat district in the
India
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n
state
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of
Gujarat
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. Kosamba comes under
Surat Metropolitan Region
Surat Urban Development Authority is the urban planning agency of Surat, India
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. Kosamba consists of the twin towns of (1)Tarsadi Nagarpalika and (2) Kosamba Gram Panchayat. Of these two municipalities,
Tarasadi is larger than Kosamba. Though they have independent civic bodies, both are generally known as Kosamba.
Geography
Kosamba is located at .
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Transport
Kosamba is well linked to NH-48
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& GJ SH 166 and it has a railway station which has connectivity to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Rail
is a major junction where local and express trains like the Lok Shakti Express
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and Saurashtra Janata Express
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stop. Most of the villages surrounded depends on for Rail.
Education
There are few government schools also operating which includes Shree V. S. Patel High School, M. M. Karodia School etc. and giving schooling to students of the town as well as surrounded villages. From 2016 to 2017 Shree V. S. Patel Highschool has also opened a Science college and from next year they are planning to open a Commerce college also in Kosamba (Tarsadi). A Y Dadabhai Technical Institute is a self-financed-institute offering Diploma Engineering courses in various branches. P.P. Savani University with 100 acres campus has opened up near Kosamba.
ABPS (Aditya Birla Public School) is 5 km away in a nearby village known as Kharach. It is a private school under the multinational company, Birla. Originally this school was opened only for children living in the Birla housing colony but soon students from Kosamba town started flowing in.
Today more than 70% of the students are from Kosamba and have made the school's name famous among all nine ABPS schools spread across India. There are English medium school like A.E Dawoodjee English medium school and E. E Dawoodjee English medium school also.
References
See also
*List of tourist attractions in Surat
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{{Surat district
Suburban area of Surat
Cities and towns in Surat district