Bagasara
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Bagasara is a city and a municipality
in Amreli district
in the state of Gujarat, India
. It is famous as birth place of renowned poet and freedom figher Zaverchand Megani and famous magician K. Lal
, Bagasara had a population of 31,789. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bagasara has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Its history shows that in the olden days, it was known as a Pith meaning a big trading centre. It was famous for Gold Plated Jewellery and Ari Bharat industries. It has given to the world two great personalities. One, National Poet Zaverchand Meghani, and two, international magician K.Lal. The great singer of Gujarat Mr. Praful Dave also hails from Bagasara.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Amreli district
Amreli District
Amreli district is one of the 26 administrative districts of the state of Gujarat in western India. The district headquarters are located at Amreli. The district occupies an area of 6,760 km² and has a population of 1,393,918 of which 22.45% were urban . From Amreli district maximum number of...
in the state of Gujarat, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is famous as birth place of renowned poet and freedom figher Zaverchand Megani and famous magician K. Lal
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Bagasara had a population of 31,789. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bagasara has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Its history shows that in the olden days, it was known as a Pith meaning a big trading centre. It was famous for Gold Plated Jewellery and Ari Bharat industries. It has given to the world two great personalities. One, National Poet Zaverchand Meghani, and two, international magician K.Lal. The great singer of Gujarat Mr. Praful Dave also hails from Bagasara.