Kosamba
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Kosamba is a city
City
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 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...

 situated in the Mangrol
Mangrol
Mangrol is a city and a municipality in Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Mangrol is located at . It has an average elevation of 18 metres .-Demographics:...

 Taluka in Surat district
Surat district
Surat is a district in the state of Gujarat India with Surat city as the administrative headquarters of this district. It is surrounded by Bharuch, Narmada , Navsari and Dang districts. To the west is the Gulf of Cambay. It is the second-most advanced district in Gujarat...

 in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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 of Gujarat. Kosamba comes under Surat Metropolitan Region
Surat Metropolitan Region
The Surat Metropolitan Area/Surat Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan area consisting of the Indian metropolis of Surat and its satellite towns. Developing over a period of about 18 years, it consists of one municipal corporation, 7 municipalities and 6 Counter Magnets...

. Kosamba consists of Twin Towns of (1)Tarsadi Nagarpalika and (2) Kosamba Nagarpalika. Of these two municipalities, Tarasadi
Tarasadi
Tarasadi is city and a Municipality in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is located 45 km North-East of Surat on Surat-Mumbai highway near Kosamba.- Demographics :...

 is larger than Kosamba. Though they have independent civic bodies, both are generally known as Kosamba.

Geography

Kosamba is located at 21.48°N 72.95°E. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).

Rail

As Kosamba station is a major junction having good Stoppages of Local as well as Express Trains like Jamnagar
Jamnagar
Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...

 intercity which stops to kosamba after starting from Surat. Nowadays computer reservation system has started at Kosamba station.

Education

Kosamba is known for quality schools offering high class education.

Shree V S Patel High School is oldest in the area - offering schooling from Jr Kg till 12th. School is having different divisions for Boys and Girls for secondary section.

There are few government schools also operating - giving schooling to students of the area.

A Y Dadabhai Technical Institute is self-finance-institute offering Diploma Engineering courses in various branches. Their fees (donation) is high.
kamladevi,rajyapal of gujrat also visited v.s.patel high school in kosamba.

Industry

  • Birla cellulosic
  • piramal glass
  • pragti glass
  • ONGC
  • Neutral Glass
  • GSFC, Gujarat State Fertilizer Company
  • GAIL
    GAIL
    GAIL Limited is a state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It has six segments: Transmission services of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas , Natural gas trading, petrochemicals, LPG and Liquid hydrocarbons, GAILTEL and Others.- History...

    , Gas Authority of India Limited
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