Mansa is a city with

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and former princely state in

Gandhinagar district Gandhinagar district is an administrative division of Gujarat, India, whose headquarters are at Gandhinagar, the state capital. It was organized in 1964. It has an area of 2140 km2, and a population of 1,391,753 of which 43.16% lives in u ...

in the western

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. It was the capital of Mansa state, ruled by the Chavda Rajputs.

History

During the

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, Mansa was a third class non-salute state under the

Mahi Kantha Agency Mahi Kantha was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta State, Danta, were included in the Western In ...

. It ceased to exist after the Indian independence by accession on 10 June 1948.

Ruling raols

Geography

Mansa is located at 23.43°N 72.67°E. It has an average elevation of 94 metres (308 feet).

Demographics

India

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, Mansa had a population of 27,922. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Mansa had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 75%, and female literacy was 63%. In Mansa, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Places of interest

There is an ancient

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in the town. It is 5.40 in diameter. There are idols of

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and

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in niches. There is an inscription of 28 lines in the stepwell. There are old

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temples, ''havelis'', dedicated to Govardhannath and Dwarkadhish.

Notable people

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, politician and home minister of India

References

External links and sources

India Princely States on www.uq.net.au as archived on web.archive.org, with genealogy
{{Princely states of the Mahi Kantha Agency Cities and towns in Gandhinagar district