Surendranagar city

Surendranagar
સુરેન્દ્રનગર
Zalawad / Velavadar Cotton City
City
Surendranagar

Location in Gujarat, India

Coordinates: 22°43′0″N 71°43′0″E / 22.71667°N 71.71667°ECoordinates: 22°43′0″N 71°43′0″E / 22.71667°N 71.71667°E
Country  India
State Gujarat
District Surendranagar
Government
 • Body Surendranagar-Dudhrej nagar Palika
Area
 • Total 45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation 98 m (322 ft)
 • Density 207/km2 (540/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 3630xx
Telephone code 91 2752
Vehicle registration GJ-13
Nearest city Wadhwan City
Sex ratio 958:1000 ♂/♀
Literacy 80.25%%
Lok Sabha constituency Bharatiya Janata Party
Vidhan Sabha constituency Indian National BJP
Civic agency Surendranagar Nagar palika surendranagarmunicipality
Climate Dry almost (Köppen)
Website surendranagardp.gujarat.gov.in

Surendranagar is a city and a Municipality.

Population of the Surendranagar city is approximately 2,00,000; this includes the population of Wadhvan city, a twin city of Surendranagar.

The chief agricultural product of Surendranagar district is cotton. Surendranagar district is one of the highest quality producers of cotton in the world. The first private cotton futures trading exchange was established in Surendranagar.

Many SMEs & industry is also present, and is involved in such things as confectionery, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, engineering plastics and salt production.

Also called the Camp, it is now a major trade and processing center for agricultural products, Agriculture, glass, cotton, salt, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics, textile bearings, ceramics and sanitary-ware.

Economy

Surendranagar is a hub of cotton and ginning activities of India. One of the largest producer of quality "Shankar" cotton in world. Surendranagar houses the first Cotton Trading Exchange in India. Nearly 25% of India's salt supply comes from the mining in the area.

SMEs in various segments like confectionery, textile bearings, ceramics, sanitary-ware, pharmaceuticals, soda ash, bromine, chemicals and plastics have developed to a great extent. Surendranagar being a cotton hub of the country is also home to large number of ginning and pressing units.it is also very good market for supply of fuse and related electrical equipment.

The city is also home to a big textile and clothing market, specially for saris. Big clothing showrooms and Jewellery Show Rooms are located in the city on Jawahar Road and Vitthal Press Road. The city has a wholesale grain market called Mehta Market. The Jewellers of the city sells jewellery at lowest rate of 92 percent of pure gold rate. The only city in India where labour is charged on percentage basis.

In the past, Surendranagar was used as a hill station by the outsiders as it has dry environment. This was mainly because this type of environment helps the people to cure some physical as well as mental tensions. Surendranagar's dry air is still believed to be the best place in Gujarat to cure Tuberculosis patients. Surendranagar has no more better hospital/medical facilities even a district place.

Surendranagar is Second numbered city in whole Gujarat which have largest numbers of Educational institutes in Compare(level) of population.

Educational Institutes

There has been an exponential growth in the number of educational institutes in Surendranagar recently. These include:


Graduation and Post-Graduation:

Secondary and Higher Secondary:

Places of interest


There are many places in the city which are good and visitable. In the places most favorite of the peoples is '"Fatshar Ganpati Mandir" and Dholidhaja Dam Both places of the city Having large numbers of visitors. in the centre of City there is Tagore Baug situated. Near GIDC wadhvan Rotary Garden is situated. Fly Over bridge near Medical college is also good place to watch Sun Set scene.

There is only one place in the whole Gujarat containing two clock towers excattly in opposite position at Tower Road. There are two clock towers, one is the AJRAMAR TOWER(City Tower/Tower in Tanki chowk) and the another one is the clock tower of Town Hall.

Surendranagar observes a wide range of festivals. Popular celebrations and observances include Uttarayan, an annual kite-flying day on 14 and 15 January. Nine nights of Navratri are celebrated with people performing Garba, the most popular folk dance of Gujarat, at venues across the city. few very ancient tradition of gujarati culture "Bhavai" is played across the small villages depicting the life of common men,gods,goddesses,etc. The festival of lights, Deepavali, is celebrated with the lighting of lamps in every house, decorating the floors with rangoli, and the lighting of firecrackers. Other religious festivals such as Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Gudi Padwa, Eid ul-Fitr and Christmas are celebrated. Tajia during the Muslim holy month of Muharram are important events.

There are some restaurants, which serve a wide array of Indian Foods. Most of the food outlets serve only vegetarian food, as a strong tradition of vegetarianism is maintained by the city's Jain and Hindu communities.

One good place containing lots of trees called Vruksh Mandir(Tree Temple) situated on Muli/Rajkot Highway. Another good place in the Surendranagar is Mandir of Meladi Maa's. It is the center of faith of many peoples. Wadhwan, Jorawarnagar, Ratanpar and Dhudhrej are near by city, town & village. Wadhwan is one of the historical city where old historical rankdevi temple is located. In the end area of Ratanpar there is the Temple of Rameshvar Mahadev is also good in art and structure.Aksharprushotam Swaminarayan Mandir is near by junction,Mai Mandir is on Main Road City area .

Sister Cities

Surendranagar is twinned with:

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