Valsad
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| ?Valsad Gujarat • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 13 m (43 ft) |
| District(s) | Valsad |
| Population | 68,825 (2001) |
Coordinates: Valsad, also known as Bulsar, is a city and a municipality in the Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. The city has a collectorate, a district court, and a police headquarters with a historic prison. The municipality is governed by the city mayor.
The name 'Valsad' derives from vad-saal, a Gujarati language compound meaning "hampered (saal) by banyan trees (vad)" (the area was naturally rich in banyan trees).
Morarji Desai, the former Prime Minister of India, was from Valsad, as was also the Indian independence activist Bhulabhai Desai. The forefathers of British rocker Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) were from Valsad, as well as those of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
The Alphonso mango (known locally as Haafus), for which the city and environs was once famous, is still important to the local economy. Villages in the Valsad district have numerous mango orchards, the only source of income for many villagers.
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[edit] Geography
Valsad is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).
The city center is about >10km inland from the Arabian sea. (See Tithal beach, below)
[edit] Demographics
As of the 2001 India census,[2] Valsad had a population of 68,825. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Valsad has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 77%. In Valsad, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Transport
The city has a rail terminus for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad line and Mumbai-Delhi line of the Western Railway. Connected by the National Highway no. 8 (NH 8), Valsad is about 210 km north of Mumbai and about 110 km south of the city of Surat.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Valsad
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
