Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur

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?Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh • India
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Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Jabalpur
Population	15,274 (2001)

Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur, also known as G.C.F Jabalpur is a census town in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Located in the scenic surroundings of the Satpura Range, this small government township is built around its namesake defense establishment. It is about 1 km from the Jabalpur City railway station, and is also closely connected to the city. It is surrounded by other defense establishments. Within the estate, there are central schools, hospitals, temples and clubs.

The Gun Carriage Factory was started in the year 1904 by the British in India. This is one of the 40 odd defense manufacturing units governed by the Indian Ordnance Factory Board. It caters to the needs of all three wings on the Indian defense forces, the Indian Army, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force. Unlike what the name suggests, apart from gunnery, this unit meets other needs of these organizations with manufacturing of high altitude items such as tent pins, ice axes, et al.
Of course, the main objective is to make arms.

Schools
The estate has two central schools, also called Kendriya Vidyalayas, and a Government Higher Sceondary school near Vidyanagar.

Temples
This estate has two of the famous Jabalpur temples, the Patbaba temple and the Adi Parashakti temple

Clubs

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[1], G.C.F Jabalpur had a population of 15,274. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. G.C.F Jabalpur has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 88%, and female literacy is 80%. In G.C.F Jabalpur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is lovely place, where the factory has provided estates for people to live in. Some of the best football and basketball grounds are here.