Kutiyana

Kutiyana
Kutiyana
	City
	Kutiyana Location in Gujarat, India Kutiyana Kutiyana (India)
	Coordinates: 21.63°N 69.98°E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Porbandar
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	17,108
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	362650
Telephone code	02804
Vehicle registration	GJ-25
Website	gujaratindia.com

Kutiyana is a city and a municipality in Porbandar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Geography

Kutiyana is located at 21.63°N 69.98°E / 21.63; 69.98.[1] It has an average elevation of 30 metres (98 feet). Kutiyana town is spread over almost a 2 km range on the banks of the Bhadar river. Kutiyana is around 42 km away from its district center, Porbandar, and 40 km away from Airport. Kutiyana taluka has 52 villages.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Kutiyana had a population of 17,108. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kutiyana has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 54%. In Kutiyana, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transportation

Kutiyana is connected via roads. It has no train, water or airport connectivity except its nearest district center, Porbandar. Kutiyana is located on National Highway-8B, which connects all transportations enroute Rajkot to Porbandar. Main transportations are State Road Transport, private travels, passenger cars etc.

Facilities

Kutiyana town is facilitate with government hospital and some private clinics. Kutiyana is main center hub for villages to shop, eat, study and connect with other areas by road or transportation available. Kutiyana is covered with good cellular networks, which has all the service providers available in the town range. Kutiyana has got many community halls for ceremony, like Maher samaj, Ahir samaj, Soni vandi, Sindhi samaj, Mochi Samaj, Lohana-mahajan vadi,Ptel samaj etc.

Tourist attractions

Bhadar River
Pujari vav
Munivadi
Bala Hanuman Aashram(The Great Sant Shri Vishvambhardasji Maharaj)
Old Famous Village Gokran.
Kalindri Dam.

Main festivals

Generally falls in August or September a Grand Fair is organized for every monday of pavitra sravan month near Bhadar river coast, have delicious food like pani puri, bhel, dabeli, roasted nuts and much more....
Diwali (Diwali is worth watching in each and every part of India)
Holi(Beautiful festival of colours)
Ganesh Chaturthi (grand Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated )
Makarsankranti (celebrated on 14 January every year, people fly kites, eat chikki, undhiyu and enjoy)
Navratri (traditional Garba festival of Gujarat)
Dusherra

School & colleges

raviraj Secondary and Higher Secondary school

Education Department -

Bala Hanuman High School,
Government High school,
S. M. Jadeja Arts&Commerce College,
ITI Kutiyana,
Taluka Shala 1 & 2,
Sharda Vidhyalay,
Namrata Primary School.

Towns and villages

Amar
Kansabad
Katvana
Mandva
Khageshri, india

References

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kutiyana Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kutiyana Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.