Visavadar is a town and a

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Junagadh district Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh. Geography The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Rajkot District (North) ...

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Geography

Visavadar is located at . It has an average elevation of 91

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Demographics

India

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, Visavadar had a population of 18,048. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Visavadar has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 65%. In Visavadar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. The former Chief Minister of Gujarat and the founder of

Gujarat Parivartan Party Gujarat Parivartan Party was a political party from Gujarat, India. It was founded by Keshubhai Patel in August 2012. It performed poorly in 2012 assembly elections. It was expanded with the merging of the Mahagujarat Janata Party. Later it was me ...

Keshubhai Patel Keshubhai Patel (24 July 192829 October 2020) was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He was a member of RSS since 1940s, of Bharatiya ...

fought 2012 state assembly election from Visavadar Constituency. Former Visavadar MLA was Harshadbhai ribadiya, elected in assembly election 2013. Visavadar is Taluka (Tahesil) Place. visavadar is situated on bank of river popatdi

Holy places

Satadhar is a holy place dedicated to Aapa Giga, the famous Saint of Visavadar. Tulsishyam (Famous for 'Garam Pani no Zaro' (Hot Springs)) is situated near Visavadar. Kankai (gir) located in mid of Jungle is only 32 km away from Visavadar. Mauni Ashram is another holy place near Visavadar to visit.

Education

Visavadar is blessed to have no. of schools for primary education to choose from. You can select from Government Primary School to private ones like Shree V. D. Patel Saikshanik Sankul Mandavad, Navyug Vidyalaya, Vivekanand Primary School, Nobel School, Bharmal School, Vishvambhari Vidhya Sankul. Here Boys and Girls study in separate high school, enough though. Girls can study in N.C. Parmar Girls High School, Boys have more alternatives, e.g. Middle School, NAGAR PANCHAYAT HIGH SCHOOL (MUNICIPAL CORPORATION), Swaminarayan Gurukul. The only college in Visavadar is Devmani Arts and Commerce College. There is a public library in Visavadar. The fort of Bava Wala was in Visavadar. Visavadar is the gateway to Sasan Gir Forest, known for Great Asiatic Lions.

References

Cities and towns in Junagadh district {{Junagadh-geo-stub