Savda is a city and a
municipal council
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in
Jalgaon district in the
India
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n
state
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of
Maharashtra. It is also known as Banana City for production of bananas at a good scale.
Geography
Savda is located at . It has an average elevation of 231 metres (757 feet).
Demographics
![Swami Narayan Mandir Savda](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Swami_Narayan_Mandir_Savda.jpg)
At the 2011 India
census
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,
Savda had a population of 19,331. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Savda has an average literacy rate of 72%, lower than the national average of 74.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 65%. In Savda, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Freedom Fighters from Savda had fought in the
Quit India Movement of 1942.
References
{{Jalgaon district topics
Cities and towns in Jalgaon district