Jasdan
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| Country |  India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Rajkot |
| Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 39,041 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Jasdan is a city and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Geography
Jasdan is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of 193 metres (633 feet). Ghela Somnath Temple is situated in Jasdan. Jasdan is the biggest Taluka in Rajkot district and has 102 villages.
Demographics
At the 2001 India census,[2] Jasdan had a population of 80,000. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Jasdan had an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 74%, and female literacy 60%. 15% of the population were under 6 years of age.
Geographically it is the heart of the Mandav Hills from where most of the rivers of Saurashtra originate and then flow to the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Kutchh and Gulf of Khambhat.
Princely State of Jasdan
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Jasdan was a princely state in British India in the Saurashtra region. It was founded before 1665 and ruled by the Kathi Kshatriya dynasty.[3]
- 1806 Vajsur Khachar
- 1852 - 1919 Ala Chela Khachar Shri Vajdur Oda
- 11 Jun 1919 - 15 Aug 1947 Darbar Shri Khachar Shri Ala Vajsur (b. 1905)
References
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jasdan
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- ↑ States before 1947 A-J
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