Vasad

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?Vasad Gujarat • India
Vasad
Coordinates: 22°27′00″N 73°04′00″E / 22.45, 73.0667
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 18.89 m (62 ft)
District(s)	Anand
Sarpanch	Dinesh Patel
Website: www.vasad.com

Coordinates: 22°27′00″N 73°04′00″E / 22.45, 73.0667 Vasad is a small town in the state of Gujarat in western India. Its located on the banks of the river Mahisagar

1 History
2 Geography
3 Economy
4 Education
5 Places to See
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The ancient city of "VASUDHANAGARI", now known as VASAD, situated on the banks of holy river mahisagar, is the gateway to Charotar. Due to favourable conditions, Vasad always kept in pace for progress. For people dwelling in urban areas as well as students, Vasad has become a favourite picnic spot. Vasad is the junction between Bombay and Ahmedabad on western railway. There are two railway bridges along with two road bridges which join "VAKAD" area to "CHAROTAR". Both of these are situated in Vasad.

[edit] Geography

Vasad 22.4500° N 73.0667° E ^[1] lies between Ahmedabad and Vadodara and is a major junction railway stop on this line. It is on the main highway which links Mumbai to Ahmedabad.

[edit] Economy

Vasad from the beginning has remained intimately linked with commerce. Main occupation of people over here is agriculture and business. In agriculture, tobacco is leading crop of Vasad. While toor daal takes the position in business. Largest toor daal (pulse) processing mills are located in Vasad and their number adds upt0 45. Toor dal produced by Vasad is considered to be the best in quality in all over India. Also the same product has started securing fame world wide, in turn giving backup to exports. There are five tobacco factories in Vasad. The "Bhattha" tobacco of Vasad is very well known for its quality.

The land of Vasad is full of gorges. Soil conservation and water research institute is established by Central government in Vasad to reduce the same. Two printing presses are located on the premises of Vasad. Kacchi and Saurashtrian people run timber saw mills on this land. Cottage industries of Vasad include poultries, dairy farms, milk production, etc. Sand business is being carried out on large basis over here. Cooperative institutions, established by farmers, and others sale chemical fertilizers. Also the work includes the state fertilezer's fertilizer depot.

The name of Vasad has been synonymous with Toor dal and good quality tobacco. One in every three house in India uses toor dal from Vasad. Thus one can say that Vasad resides in every nook and corner of India. Vasad's tobacco delights not only the citizens of India, but also gives the pleasure to foreigners. "Raymon glues and chemicals", which produces gelatin, is the biggest factory in Asia for the product. It also exports the product to various countries. Vasad industries also include four marble factories, cement articles factory, pole and pipe factory, etc.

[edit] Education

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology is prime educational institute in vasad. Government Polytechnic is providing vocational training in vasad. New English School Trust is also running many other primary and secondary schools in vasad.

[edit] Places to See

Owing to many divine temples of Gods and Goddesses, it has become a place of pilgrimage as well as tourist attraction. On weekends, especially on Sunday, Mahisagar river is flooded with devotees coming from places to have the mesmerizing feel of divine bath. There are many temples in vasad, like Jalaram Mandir, Veharai Mata Mandir, Swaminarayan Mandir, Ram Mandir.