Surendranagar city
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Surendranagar is a city and a Municipality
. It is also known as gateway to Saurashtra and as Zalawad.
Population of Surendranagar City is approximately 400,000 including population of Wadhvan City-(Twin city of Surendranagar city).
The chief agricultural product of Surendranagar district is cotton
. In fact Surendranagar district is one of the highest quality producers of cotton in world. First private cotton futures trading exchange was established in Surendranagar.
Many SMEs & industry is also present, and is involved in such things as confectionery, ceramics
, pharmaceuticals, engineering
plastics and salt
production.
Also called the Wadhwan city, it is now a major trade and processing center for agricultural products, soap, glass, cotton, salt, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics, textile bearings, ceramics and sanitary-ware.
SMEs in various segments like confectionery, textile bearings, ceramics, sanitary-ware, pharmaceuticals, soda ash, bromine, chemicals and plastics have developed to a great extent. Surendranagar being a cotton hub of the country is also home to large number of ginning and pressing units.it is also very good market for supply of fuse and related electrical equipment.
The city is also home to a big textile and clothing market, specially for saris. Big clothing showrooms are located in the city on Jawahar Road and Vithal Press Road. The city has a wholesale grain market called Mehta Market.
In the past, Surendranagar was used as a hill station by the outsiders as it has dry environment. This was mainly because this type of environment helps the people to cure some physical as well as mental tensions. In fact, Surendranagar's dry air is still believed to be the best place in Gujarat to cure T.B. patients.
Surendranagar having second number of growth of development in whole Gujarat state.
Surendranagar is the city which is most powerful candidate which have strong opportunity of having Municipal corporation
Surendranagar is Second numbered city in whole Gujarat which have largest numbers of Educational institutes in Compare(level) of population.
SATTA HALL located in the middle area of the city, it is the biggest for cotton trading and futures cotton trading in ASIA. Rates of cotton in many major cities in India and abroad take a cue from local satta hall in surendranagar. It also decides the rate of cotton of New York and London cities also.
A few big companies like INDIANA OPTHALMICS, Makson Machinery, Makson Pharmaceuticals, Textile Bearings(KCI) Industries, Luxite Industries, Mepro Pharmaceuticals, New Age Industries, LMS Foundry, Amba Mechanic Works, Meghdev Enterpries, Rimtex group of companies, Biodeal Laboratories Panama group, Ronak Cotton ind. are situated in the city or the Wadhwan GIDC area..
Graduation and Post-Graduation:
Secondary and Higher Secondary:
People of Surendranagar have been peace lover and co-operative. Notably, majority of the population is Jains and this city is also called as Baniya's city. City is main center for Sthanakavasi jains in India. Main residents of Surendranagar are Kshatriya
, Jains
and Patels. Various community in surendranagar live harmoniously. Surendranagar has traditionally been a peace loving city. There is huge influx of people from surrounding villages due to development of educational institutes in the city. People from other community like Bharvad, Rabari
etc. are also in good numbers. Interestingly, Surendranagar is one of the best place in terms of mutual understanding between different communities — which has made the place a peaceful and nice place to live in.
People are very fond of spicy food and "burf-golla"(finely granulated ice with different sweet and sour flavor). Tanki chowk is the hot spot for golla.It is one of the best place to live in. it has almost all facilities and very good neighborhood.
Lately there is fast prosperity is coming in due to bumper cotton production, good rains and rapid industrial development.
Some of famous delicacies of surendranagar are
Parotha Saak
Puri Saak
Pani Puri
Bhajiya & Patra
Dabeli
Various other food / beverages / snacks are famous like
Golas
Goti Soda
Papdi
Sing
Masala Soda
Limbu Sarbat
Sev Mamra
Gathia
Samosa
Ghooghra
wadhawani bandhej sulwar-suits and odhanies.
Wadhawani Marcha
In the places most favorite of the peoples is "Fatshar Ganpati Mandir" and Dholidhaja Dam
Both places of the city Having large numbers of visitors.
in the centre of City there is Tagore Baug situated.
Near GIDC wadhvan Rotary Garden is situated.
Fly Over bridge near Medical college is also good place to watch Sun Set scene.
There is only one place in the whole Gujarat containing two clock towers excattly in opposite position at Tower Road. There are two clock towers, one is the AJRAMAR TOWER(City Tower/Tower in Tanki chowk) and the another one is the clock tower of Town Hall.
One good place containing lots of trees called Vruksh Mandir(Tree Temple) situated on Muli/Rajkot Highway.
Another good place in the Surendranagar is Mandir of Meladi Maa's. It is the center of faith of many peoples.
In the end area of Ratanpar there is the Temple of Rameshvar Mahadev is also good in art and structure.
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...
. It is also known as gateway to Saurashtra and as Zalawad.
Population of Surendranagar City is approximately 400,000 including population of Wadhvan City-(Twin city of Surendranagar city).
The chief agricultural product of Surendranagar district is cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
. In fact Surendranagar district is one of the highest quality producers of cotton in world. First private cotton futures trading exchange was established in Surendranagar.
Many SMEs & industry is also present, and is involved in such things as confectionery, ceramics
Pottery
Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...
, pharmaceuticals, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
plastics and salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
production.
Also called the Wadhwan city, it is now a major trade and processing center for agricultural products, soap, glass, cotton, salt, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics, textile bearings, ceramics and sanitary-ware.
Economy
Surendranagar is a hub of cotton and ginning activities of India. One of the largest producer of quality "Shankar" cotton in world. In fact Surendranagar houses first Cotton Trading Exchange in India. Nearly 25% of India's salt supply comes from mining and in the area. There are miles of "Agar" (Salt pans) specially in Kharaghoda area.SMEs in various segments like confectionery, textile bearings, ceramics, sanitary-ware, pharmaceuticals, soda ash, bromine, chemicals and plastics have developed to a great extent. Surendranagar being a cotton hub of the country is also home to large number of ginning and pressing units.it is also very good market for supply of fuse and related electrical equipment.
The city is also home to a big textile and clothing market, specially for saris. Big clothing showrooms are located in the city on Jawahar Road and Vithal Press Road. The city has a wholesale grain market called Mehta Market.
In the past, Surendranagar was used as a hill station by the outsiders as it has dry environment. This was mainly because this type of environment helps the people to cure some physical as well as mental tensions. In fact, Surendranagar's dry air is still believed to be the best place in Gujarat to cure T.B. patients.
Surendranagar having second number of growth of development in whole Gujarat state.
Surendranagar is the city which is most powerful candidate which have strong opportunity of having Municipal corporation
Surendranagar is Second numbered city in whole Gujarat which have largest numbers of Educational institutes in Compare(level) of population.
Corporate field in Surendranagar
In the center of Surendranagar there is a MEGA MALL, There is an international call center and few customer help center of multinational companies inside the MEGA MALL.SATTA HALL located in the middle area of the city, it is the biggest for cotton trading and futures cotton trading in ASIA. Rates of cotton in many major cities in India and abroad take a cue from local satta hall in surendranagar. It also decides the rate of cotton of New York and London cities also.
A few big companies like INDIANA OPTHALMICS, Makson Machinery, Makson Pharmaceuticals, Textile Bearings(KCI) Industries, Luxite Industries, Mepro Pharmaceuticals, New Age Industries, LMS Foundry, Amba Mechanic Works, Meghdev Enterpries, Rimtex group of companies, Biodeal Laboratories Panama group, Ronak Cotton ind. are situated in the city or the Wadhwan GIDC area..
Educational Institutes
There has been an exponential growth in the number of educational institutes in Surendranagar recently. These include:Graduation and Post-Graduation:
- C.U. Shah Medical College, Dudhrej Road
- C. U. Shah College of Engineering and Technology, SurendranagarC. U. Shah College of Engineering and Technology, SurendranagarC. U. Shah College of Engineering and Technology is located in Wadhwan City, close to Surendranagar in Gujarat. It is a self-financed institute, established in September 1997...
- C.U. Shah Pharmacy College, Kothariya Road/Lakhtar Highway
- C.U. Shah College of Commerce, Computer and Management
- Government Polytechnic, Mulchand Road
- M.P.Shah Commerce College, Vikas Path
- M.P. Vora College, Kothariya Road
- M. P. Shah Arts & Science College, Tram Way Road
- Rukmaniben Gardi Girl's Law College, 60 feet Road
Secondary and Higher Secondary:
- Smt. Savitaben Himmatlal Golani High School, (Leua Patidar Vidhya Sankul), Wadhwan city
- Matrushree Shantaben Devjibhai Shiyaniya Higher Secondary School,(Leua Patidar Vidhya Sankul), Wadhwan city '
- R.P.P. (Rambhaben Purshottamdas Patadia) School for Girls
- J. N. V. (Jawaharlal Naheru Vividhlakshi) High school
- Shri Sheth N.T.M. High School
- Shri C. P. Oza Sharda Mandir High School
- Shri D.N.T. High School
- Shri Savitaben Vadilal Muni. Prathmik Shala, Joravarnagar
- C.U. Shah School (English Medium)
- Dayamayi Mata School (English Medium)
- Sardar Patel Vidyalaya
- Sunflower School (English Medium)
- S.P.vidayalaya (Sardar Patel Vidyalaya)
- Tirupati Vidyalaya
- Shri Sava saala, Joravarnagar
- Shri Pragti High School, Surendrangar
- Ultra Vision Academy,Surendranagar
People
Population of Surendranagar City is approximate 4,00,000 people (Including population of Wadhvan City).People of Surendranagar have been peace lover and co-operative. Notably, majority of the population is Jains and this city is also called as Baniya's city. City is main center for Sthanakavasi jains in India. Main residents of Surendranagar are Kshatriya
Kshatriya
*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...
, Jains
Jainism
Jainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...
and Patels. Various community in surendranagar live harmoniously. Surendranagar has traditionally been a peace loving city. There is huge influx of people from surrounding villages due to development of educational institutes in the city. People from other community like Bharvad, Rabari
Rabari
Members of the Rabari or Rewari live throughout the Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Harayana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh states in India...
etc. are also in good numbers. Interestingly, Surendranagar is one of the best place in terms of mutual understanding between different communities — which has made the place a peaceful and nice place to live in.
People are very fond of spicy food and "burf-golla"(finely granulated ice with different sweet and sour flavor). Tanki chowk is the hot spot for golla.It is one of the best place to live in. it has almost all facilities and very good neighborhood.
Lately there is fast prosperity is coming in due to bumper cotton production, good rains and rapid industrial development.
Delicacies
People of Surendranagar are food loving people. Wide range of delicecy is found in surendrangar.Some of famous delicacies of surendranagar are
Parotha Saak
Puri Saak
Pani Puri
Bhajiya & Patra
Dabeli
Dabeli
Dabeli or Kutchi Dabeli or Kachchhi Dabeli is a snack of India, originating in the Kutch or Kachchh region of Gujarat. It is a spicy snack made by mixing boiled potatoes with a Dabeli Masala, and putting the mixture between Ladi-Pav and served with chutnies made from tamarind, date, garlic,...
Various other food / beverages / snacks are famous like
Golas
Goti Soda
Papdi
Sing
Masala Soda
Limbu Sarbat
Sev Mamra
Gathia
Samosa
Ghooghra
wadhawani bandhej sulwar-suits and odhanies.
Wadhawani Marcha
Places of interest
There are many places in the city which are good and visitable.In the places most favorite of the peoples is "Fatshar Ganpati Mandir" and Dholidhaja Dam
Dholidhaja Dam
Dholidhaja dam is situated in Surendranagar city and in the urban area of Surendranagar Dudhrej Municipality in the state of Gujarat in India....
Both places of the city Having large numbers of visitors.
in the centre of City there is Tagore Baug situated.
Near GIDC wadhvan Rotary Garden is situated.
Fly Over bridge near Medical college is also good place to watch Sun Set scene.
There is only one place in the whole Gujarat containing two clock towers excattly in opposite position at Tower Road. There are two clock towers, one is the AJRAMAR TOWER(City Tower/Tower in Tanki chowk) and the another one is the clock tower of Town Hall.
One good place containing lots of trees called Vruksh Mandir(Tree Temple) situated on Muli/Rajkot Highway.
Another good place in the Surendranagar is Mandir of Meladi Maa's. It is the center of faith of many peoples.
In the end area of Ratanpar there is the Temple of Rameshvar Mahadev is also good in art and structure.
External links
- Surendranagar Collector
- Surendranagar AirportZalawad AirportThe another name of this airport is Sardarsinh Rana Airport, this name is arrived from the name of Sardarsinh Rana, a great freedom fighter of India who belonged to Surendranagar and was living at Paris, France....
- SurendranagarOnline