| Gondia | |
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| Coordinates | 21°27′N 80°12′E / 21.45°N 80.20°E |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District(s) | Gondia |
| Population | 308,523 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation | • 300 m (984 ft) |
| Website | gondia.nic.in |
Gondia, or Gondiya (Marathi: गोंदिया), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in western India, and is the administrative headquarters of Gondia District.Gondia is a Rice City .Gondia is very close to Madhya Pradesh state, and is considered the gateway to Maharashtra from central and eastern India. It has more than 1000 rice mills and some small scale tobacco industries. This makes it a very important central hub for business
Geography
Gondia district lies between latitudes 20.39 and 21.38 North and longitudes 89.27 to 82.42 east. The adjoining districts to Gondia are on northern side Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh and to the south there are Chandrapur and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and to West Bhandara district of Maharashtra.
Art
Bhavbhuti was an 8th century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit. His plays are considered equivalent to the works of Kalidas. Bhavbhuti was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family of Padmapura, Vidarbha, central India, in Gondia district.Bhavabhuti rang mandir one of the famous places in Gondia city has been given the name in the honour of Bhavbhuti.
Industry and education
Gondia is famous for its resident Engineering College "Manohar Bhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology".
In Education Gondia is also ahead of many city near by it.
In Gondia there is 2 medical colleges, 2 Engineering colleges, 1 polytechnic college, 5 art and commerce and science college and many more school well equipped with all facility.
Gondia Industrial Area is Industrial Area in Nagpur Region. With the main objective to demote industrial growth, [MIDC] hasn't fully developed the Gondia Industrial Area and all efforts are being made to make this Indl.Area. Various corporations have started setting up base, ever since plot allotment started.
Today, the number of industries operating in the area is only 6, with around under construction. Plots in the Industrial Area Of the 110.87 hectares of land developed 161 plots have been carved out. 97 plots have been allotted to Gondia industrial areas and entrepreneurs, 64 industrial plots are available for allotment. Gondia Industrial Area spans a total area of 146.14 hectares. Praful Patel, the civil aviation minister hails from this place. Gondia is also famous for its Paneer Butter Masala dish (PBM).
1. Adani Power Project 2. Swami Snuff Factory
Transport
Gondia is also having IT companies. Ephpsolutions.com is a leading IT company in Gondia. Durga Utsav is very famous festival in Gondia. In Gondia Durga Utsav mandals make very famous Zhakis and to see this zakis so many people come from outside.
Rail
Gondia is an important junction and has heavy passenger and goods traffic. The station has three platforms out of which two are for broad gauge and the third for narrow gauge railway line. All the platforms are adequately provided with amenities such as portable water, tea stalls, benches and waiting sheds. There is a fruit stall and a book stall too. The station is also equipped with an upper class waiting rooms and waiting hall for lower class passengers.
Gondia is situated on the broad gauge Mumbai - Calcutta railway route which is 1060 km from Mumbai, capital of state.
There is a broad gauge line heading south to Nagbhir and a Metre gauge line subject to conversion under Project Unigauge to Nainpur and Jabalpur.
Gondia is 150 km from Nagpur and 1000 km from Pune. Gondia is about 990 km from Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra.
The Gondia - Jabalpur Junction (Madhya Pradesh) section of West Central Railway runs north and south, along the valley of the Wainganga. The line was formerly narrow gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) for its entire length, but the section between Gondia and Balaghat was converted to broad gauge in 2005-2006, connecting Balaghat to India's national broad gauge network for the first time. Work is underway to convert the Balaghat - Jabalpur section to broad gauge as well.
AIRPORT
Gondia Airport (Birshi Airport) is 15 km. from Gondia City. Its situated near Kamtha Village.
Road
Gondia is also known as Rice City, as it is a rice producing district and has about 250 rice mills near the vicinity of city. it is also a major trading place.
The Bombay-Nagpur-Calcutta Road is the only national highway passing through the district, which covers to a total distance of 99.37 km. Gondia has bus connectivity to Jabalpur, Nagpur and Balaghat.
Airport
The Nearest International and Domestic Airports are Jabalpur Airport and Nagpur Airport.Gondia also has Birsi Airport constructed by british during second world war.There is a pilot training centre called Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute, which is a joint venture of Canada and airport authority of India at Birsi airport.
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census, Gondiya had a population of 308,523. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.
Gondiya has an average literacy rate of 89%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 81%. In Gondiya, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Gondia District has 250 rice mills in total.Durga festival of Gondia is very famous in central India.Gondia attracts thousands of people during navratra. The people of Gondia spends lacs of rupees in one pandol. Decoration of Pandol is very very beautiful and giving general message to all people. More than 100 pandols can be seen in Gondia during navratra.
Tourist Places
Gondia is well surrounded by hills and forests. There are so many tourist spots around the Gondia. The most beautiful Places are Nagzira wild life sanctuary, Navegoanbadh National Park also called as Bird sanctuary. So many foreign birds came to here. Pratapgarh is famous for the Shiv temple situated at large hill.
Nagzira wild life century is just 45 km from Gondia. Hajrafall is also the one of the best location. Just 4 km from the gondia city there is an ancient Shiv temple. To visit all these places trains and buses are available from Gondia. More than 1,00,000 tourist came to Gondia annually to see the green heaven of Gondia. Navegoan badh bird century is 90 km from Gondia. Near the bird senctury there is very big dam\lake.
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