Jetpur Navagadh
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Jetpur Navagadh is a city and a municipality
in Rajkot district
in the India
n state
of Gujarat.
Jetpur is a textile town in Rajkot District of Gujarat and is situated 30 km north of Junagadh. It is one of the largest centers for screen-printing, block printing and yarn dyeing workshops in the country. Jetpur is located on National Highway 8D.
India census
, Jetpur Navagadh had a population of 104,311. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jetpur Navagadh has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Jetpur Navagadh, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The city is famous for cotton saree udyog and is major exporter of khanga and kitange(fabric used by native African for various use).
The eminent Politician Shri Savjibhai Korat
was from this town.
The city is build-up at riverfront of the BHADAR. the city jetpur is known as a mini dubai and the city of colour cotton and cloth
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Rajkot district
Rajkot district
Rajkot district is one of the 26 districts of the Indian state of Gujarat. Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is the third-most advanced district in Gujarat....
in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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of Gujarat.
Jetpur is a textile town in Rajkot District of Gujarat and is situated 30 km north of Junagadh. It is one of the largest centers for screen-printing, block printing and yarn dyeing workshops in the country. Jetpur is located on National Highway 8D.
India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Jetpur Navagadh had a population of 104,311. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jetpur Navagadh has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Jetpur Navagadh, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The city is famous for cotton saree udyog and is major exporter of khanga and kitange(fabric used by native African for various use).
The eminent Politician Shri Savjibhai Korat
Savjibhai Korat
Savjibhai Korat was an Indian politician, a cabinet minister of Gujarat state. He was born into a farmer’s family in an Indian village near Jetpur....
was from this town.
The city is build-up at riverfront of the BHADAR. the city jetpur is known as a mini dubai and the city of colour cotton and cloth