Kadi, India
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Kadi is a city and a municipality
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 Mehsana district
Mehsana district
Mehsana district is one of the 26 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 18 lakhs and an area of over 4,500 km². There are over 600 villages in this district...

 in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Gujarat. Kadi is known as the cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

 city of India.

Geography

Kadi is located at 23.30088°N 72.33218°E. It has an average elevation of 56 metres (183 feet). It has the population of 56,240.People also recognized kadi as twin town and they often call it KADI KALOL due to its neighbour emerging town KALOL.

Economy

Its famous phrase about it is KADI SONA NI DADI just because of its significant success and contribution to state economy with tremendous production of cotton bales.The cotton mills were great contributors in indian economy during first 7 decades of 20th century. There was cotton mill at Kadi.There are about 100 gening and cotton oil mills are working at Kadi.During 1980 to 1985 GIDC was devloped at Kadi. There are many big & small manufacturing units are working at Kadi, which provides huge employment.

EDUCATION:'

Sarva Vidhyalaya university is well known educational institute of Gujarat with autonomous status.With great thought KAR BHALA HOGA BHALA,Pujya Chhagan Bha had started it with great vision.The Mafatlal Group(Big industrial house of India) had donated for Sarva Vidyalay and it was named as Pransukhlal Mafatlal Sarva Vidyalay. Shri Arvindbhai Mafatlal was chairman of the Sarva Vidyalay Kelavani Mandal for 40 years. Sarva Vidyalay have produced prominent personalities. Now a days, with the best and hard efforts of Mankelal Patel(Saheb) and Dr. Rambhai Patel,it has progressed significantly with second campus in GANDHINAGAR. Late Daskaka(Purushottambhai Patel) was pioneer of Gandhinagar Campus. Mahatma Gandhi and Maharaja Sayajirao(III) had visited Kadi campus in 1926 and 1929 respectively. It was said that" No study without Kadi".Former Principal of Sarva Vidyalaya, Mr Manubhai J Pate was honored by Best Teacher National Award by late Shankar Dayal Sharma, then President of India in 1993.The Sarva Vidyalay Kelvani Mandal has honoured former Principal Manubhai J Patel by giving his name to M.Ed college. Prominent educationalists Late Popatlal Patel,Bapubhai Gami,Chhaganbhai Kalidas Patel, Nathabhai Desai and Mohanlal Patel(Gujarati Sahityakar) were among the Principals of the Sarva Vidyalay. Sarva Vidyalay is a precious gem on the crown of Kadi. More than 30000 students are getting education in both campus.
In spite of different religion and caste values, all kind of followers living their life peacefully and contributing town economy.kadi is growing better.

Place of Interest

Kadi's major tourist attractions are "Malahar Rao no Mahel (Qillo)" and "Sarva Vidyalaya". Other interesting places include "Meldi Mata
Devi
Devī is the Sanskrit word for Goddess, used mostly in Hinduism, its related masculine term is deva. Devi is synonymous with Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the male aspect, which represents...

 Mandir
Temple
A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...

" and "Yukteshwar [Shiva|Mahadav][Temple|Mandir]. Ramji Mandir & Hanuman Mandir on Nani-kadi Road.
Balapir Dargah Sherif near Nani Kadi road, Maderesa Dawat-ul Haqq at Kasaba.Rahmani Trust hospital at chabutra chok.santosh panipuri is most visited by young people of kadi.
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