Gondia

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City in Maharashtra, India

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::summary City in Maharashtra, India ::

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Field	Value
name	Gondia
other_name	Gondiya, Gundiya
nickname	Rice city
settlement_type	City
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image3	GondiaJunction.png
image4	GatewayHotel.jpg
image1	Mini Eiffel Tower, Gondia.png
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mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	6
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coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Gondia
established_title
government_type	Municipal Council
governing_body	Gondia Municipal Council
leader_title1	District collector
leader_name1	Chinmay Gotmare, IAS
leader_title2	District Police Superintendent
leader_name2	Nikhil N. Pingale IPS
unit_pref	Metric
area_rank	1st in Gondia District
area_total_km2	55
elevation_m	300
population_total	132,821
population_as_of	2011
population_rank	1st in Gondia District
population_density_km2	auto
population_demonym	Gondiakar
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	441601,441614
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	+91-07182
registration_plate	MH-35
blank_name	Official language
blank_info	Marathi
blank1_name_sec1	Literacy Rate
blank1_info_sec1	93.70%
blank2_name_sec1	Sex ratio
blank2_info_sec1	991 per 1000 male. ♂/♀
blank3_name_sec1	HDI
blank3_info_sec1	0.701 ()
website
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History

The region is named after the Gondi people, an Adivasi group in central India. During British Rule, Proprietor of Gondia was a Ponwar Rajput.

During British rule in India, the Great Famine of 1876–78 provided an opportunity for the construction of a 150 km metre-gauge rail link called the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway, connecting Nagpur with Rajnandgaon. Gondia railway station was created when this line began operation in December 1888. Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR) was formed in 1887 to upgrade and extend this line, and in 1902 BNR was contracted to provide a railway line from Gondia to Jabalpur with branches from Nainpur to Mandla as well as Nainpur to Seoni and Chhindwara. With these links and the commerce they brought, Gondia grew and prospered. In the year 1877 Near Darekasa cave Swami Vivekananda occurred his "First Trance" reference book "Journey of Swami Vivekananda to Raipur and His First Trance"(23)

Geography

Climate

| location = Gondia (1991–2020, extremes 1946–2020) | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan record high C = 34.5 | Feb record high C = 38.5 | Mar record high C = 42.5 | Apr record high C = 46.1 | May record high C = 47.5 | Jun record high C = 47.5 | Jul record high C = 44.2 | Aug record high C = 38.4 | Sep record high C = 39.4 | Oct record high C = 38.0 | Nov record high C = 35.7 | Dec record high C = 35.1 | year record high C = 47.5 | Jan high C = 28.3 | Feb high C = 31.6 | Mar high C = 36.3 | Apr high C = 40.2 | May high C = 42.6 | Jun high C = 37.3 | Jul high C = 31.2 | Aug high C = 30.4 | Sep high C = 32.1 | Oct high C = 32.7 | Nov high C = 31.0 | Dec high C = 29.1 | year high C = 33.5 | Jan low C = 12.6 | Feb low C = 15.5 | Mar low C = 19.9 | Apr low C = 24.1 | May low C = 27.9 | Jun low C = 26.3 | Jul low C = 23.9 | Aug low C = 23.8 | Sep low C = 23.5 | Oct low C = 21.0 | Nov low C = 16.2 | Dec low C = 12.3 | year low C = 20.4 | Jan record low C = 5.5 | Feb record low C = 6.7 | Mar record low C = 11.4 | Apr record low C = 11.6 | May record low C = 13.8 | Jun record low C = 19.8 | Jul record low C = 18.0 | Aug record low C = 18.3 | Sep record low C = 19.2 | Oct record low C = 13.3 | Nov record low C = 8.5 | Dec record low C = 5.0 | year record low C = 5.0 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 18.5 | Feb rain mm = 17.6 | Mar rain mm = 19.6 | Apr rain mm = 12.0 | May rain mm = 8.3 | Jun rain mm = 157.4 | Jul rain mm = 406.0 | Aug rain mm = 365.5 | Sep rain mm = 188.1 | Oct rain mm = 43.4 | Nov rain mm = 10.6 | Dec rain mm = 6.7 | year rain mm = 1253.9 | Jan rain days = 1.2 | Feb rain days = 1.4 | Mar rain days = 1.8 | Apr rain days = 1.1 | May rain days = 0.9 | Jun rain days = 8.1 | Jul rain days = 16.4 | Aug rain days = 16.9 | Sep rain days = 8.8 | Oct rain days = 3.0 | Nov rain days = 0.7 | Dec rain days = 0.1 | year rain days = 60.4 |time day = 17:30 IST | Jan humidity = 46 | Feb humidity = 37 | Mar humidity = 31 | Apr humidity = 29 | May humidity = 26 | Jun humidity = 53 | Jul humidity = 73 | Aug humidity = 79 | Sep humidity = 82 | Oct humidity = 58 | Nov humidity = 54 | Dec humidity = 47 |year humidity = 51 |source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf | title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | access-date = April 8, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf | title = Station: Gondia Climatological Table 1981–2010 | work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = January 2015 | pages = 293–294 | access-date = 5 April 2020}} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2020 | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf | title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012) | publisher = India Meteorological Department | date = December 2016 | page = M142 | access-date = 5 April 2020}} |source 2 = Government of Maharashtra | url = https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/BHANDARA/gen_climate.html | title = Climate and Seasons | publisher = Government of Maharashtra | access-date = 5 April 2020}} |date = June 2012

Location

Gondia is very close to the state of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and is considered the gateway to Maharashtra from central and eastern India. Tirora is only nearby city. Gondia municipal council was established in 1920. At that time Gondia had only 10 wards population up to 20,000 and an area of 7.5 km2. Gondia has 42 wards, as well as population nearing up to 2 lakhs. The urbanisation has crossed municipal limits merging into nearby villages like Kudwa, Katangi, Fulchur, Nagra, Karanja, Murri, Pindkepar, and Khamari. The Ministry of Urban Development has recently announced to merge 20 nearby villages into Gondia to give the city status of Municipal Corporation. It is connected with National Highway 543 and 753.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Gondia municipal corporation had a total population of 132,889, of which 66,756 were males and 66,133 females. Children in the age range of 0 to 6 were 12,835. The effective literacy (of population 7 years and above) of the city was 93.70%.

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Year	Male	Female	Total Population	Change	Religion (%)	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikhs	Buddhist	Jain	Other religions and persuasions
2001	61418	59484	120902	-	77.072	7.147	0.524	0.779	13.508	0.817	0.137	0.015
2011	66500	66313	132813	9.90	76.228	7.483	0.472	0.760	13.804	0.692	0.088	0.473
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Economy

Agriculture

The city has a large number of rice mills. Agriculture is the main economic activity in Gondia. The main agricultural crops are paddy and sugarcane.

Industries

Adani Power Maharashtra Limited (APML), is 3 km away from Tirora on Tirora-Gondia state road. Coal is transported to Adani power, Ltd through a railway which is connected to Kachewani Railway Station. Water is being used from nearby weir constructed on Wainganga River. An 85.89% subsidiary of Adani Power Limited is implementing 3300 MW Thermal Power Station in Tirora.

Transportation

Road

The Mumbai–Nagpur–Kolkata Road is the only national highway passing through the district, covering a total distance of 99.37 km (62 mi). Gondia is situated about 170 km by road from Nagpur of Vidarbha region. The district has road links to adjoining districts Chandrapur, Bhandara, Nagpur. The city is well connected by roads. It takes around 4 hours journey from Nagpur by State Transport Bus to reach Gondia. Gondia has bus connectivity to Jabalpur, Nagpur, Raipur and Hyderabad.

Rail

Main article: Gondia Junction railway station

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Gondia Junction railway station is a junction in Maharashtra, with heavy passenger and goods traffic. It is an A-Grade station.

It lies on the Howrah–Mumbai route. The station has seven platforms, each with potable water, tea stalls, benches and waiting sheds. There is also a fruit stall and a bookstall. The station is equipped with air-conditioned waiting rooms for passengers travelling by upper accommodation classes and a waiting hall for passengers travelling by lower accommodation classes.

The Gondia–Jabalpur Junction (Madhya Pradesh) section of South East Central Railway runs north–south, along the valley of the Wainganga River. The line was formerly narrow gauge (762 mm [2 ft 6 in]) along 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. Work is completed to convert the Balaghat–Jabalpur section to broad gauge as well.

Railway milestones for Gondia include:

1888 – Gondia Railway Station was opened to the public.
1901 – Satpura Express began first class service.
1903 – The first portion of Gondia–Nainpur was opened.
1905 – Nainpur–Gondia line was extended to Jabalpur.
1908 – Gondia–Nagbhir–Nagpur line was opened for traffic.
1990-91 – Paniajob–Gondia and Gondia–Bhandara Road sections were electrified.
1999 – Gauge-converted Gondia–Balharshah line opened.
2005 – Gauge-converted Gondia–Balaghat section opened.

Airport

Gondia Airport is situated near Kamtha village, 12 km from Gondia. This airstrip was built by the British in 1940, during World War II. Initially run by the Public Works Department, it was taken over by the state-owned Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) from August 1998 to December 2005, after which it has been operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The airport's runway has been extended to 7,500 ft to accommodate Airbus A-320, Boeing 737 and similar aircraft.

Other nearby airports to Gondia Airport (GDB) include Nagpur (NAG) (124.8 km), Raipur (RPR) (163.2 km) and Jabalpur (JLR) (192.2 km).

References

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