7-651: Tankara is a town in Morbi district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the Demi River and on Rajkot-Morbi Highway, 20 kilometres from Morbi , 40 kilometres from Rajkot, and 80 kilometres from Jamnagar . Tankara is considered a holy city to Arya Samajis because it is the birthplace of Swami Dayananda Saraswati , founder of the Arya Samaj , who was born on 12 February 1824. Every year on Maha Shivaratri ,
14-492: A density of 207 persons/sq km. The district had a sex ratio of 941 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 65,698 (6.84%) and 5,159 (0.54%) of the population respectively. 808,967 (84.24%) were Hindus, 143,925 (14.99%) were Muslims and 5,607 (0.58%) Jains. Languages of Morbi district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 97.28% of the population spoke Gujarati , 0.96% Hindi and 0.90% Marathi as their first language. Morbi district consists of
21-622: A location in the Indian state of Gujarat is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Morbi district Morbi district is in the state of Gujarat , India . It was formed on 15 August 2013, along with several other districts, on the 67th Independence Day of India. Morbi city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has 5 talukas - Morbi , Maliya, Tankara , Wankaner (previously in Rajkot district) and Halvad (previously in Surendranagar district). Morbi city
28-478: Is the administrative headquarters of Morbi district. The town of Morbi is situated on the Machchhu River , 35 km from the sea and 60 km from Rajkot. As per 2011 census data, the city had a population of 2,10,451 and average literacy rate of 83.64%. This district is surrounded by Kutch district to the north, Surendranagar district to the east, Rajkot district to the south and Jamnagar district to
35-684: Is the fourth largest business centre in the field of cotton oil mill and ginning industries in Saurashtra and fifth in Gujarat. This industry is the fastest growing in this region. Tankara is also one of the major centres of silver imitation jewellery manufacturing. Tankara has been facing many basic infrastructure related problem such as: and with polypack industries production are pp woven fabric, pp non woven fabric and more manufacturer. In Tankara Health services are primarily provided at government hospital and many private hospitals. This article about
42-562: The Arya Samajis commemorate Swami Dayananda Sarasvati's Rishi Bodh Utsav during the 2 days mela at Tankara organised by Tankara Trust, during which Shobha Yatra procession and Maha Yajna is held, event is also attended by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani . Tankara is famous for quality cotton bales production and has 25 to 30 cotton ginning factories and many cotton oil mills. Tankara
49-551: The west. The district is named after Morbi city. The name of the city of Morbi (literally meaning the city of peacocks ) was probably derived from the King of Bhuj. The district was formed from 4 talukas formerly in Rajkot district ( Morbi , Maliya , Tankara , Wankaner ) and Halvad taluka, formerly in Surendranagar district. Morbi district has an approx. population of 9,60,329, of which 358,420 (37.32%) lived in urban areas. Morbi district has an area of approx. 4,871.5 km . and
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