Navsari is an administrative district

District

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 in the state of Gujarat in India

India

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, with its headquarters at Navsari

Navsari

Navsari is a city and municipality in the Surat Metropolitan Region and also the administrative headquarters Navsari District of Gujarat, India. Navsari is also the Twin City of Surat, and only 37 km south of Surat.-Geography:...

 city. The district covers an area

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 of 2,211 square kilometres, and had a population

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 of 1,229,250 in 2001.

Dudhia Talao:
Dudhia Talao was a lake earlier. It has become a major market area with a shopping center. There is a reputed eye hospital near Dudhia Talao built in early 70's. The Ashapuri Temple is on Dudhia Talao. Part of the Dudhia Talao was given to J.N. Tata Navsari Memorial Trust and they filled up the pond and built one of the finest Auditorium in Navsari where Performing Arts and meetings take place. It is known as J.N. Tata Memorial Hall.

Navsari has a large Parsi-Zoroastrian community. Dr. Dadabhoy Navroji & Mr. Jamshedji Tata, founder of the Tata group

Tata Group

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 of companies, were born here. J. N. Tata's birth place is still preserved as a memorial by the local branch of Tata Steel

Tata Steel

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  Factory in the outskirts of the city.

Sayaji Vaibhav Public Library is an important public building in Navsari. Meherji Rana Library of Tarota Bazaar, Motafalia, Navsari has one of the oldest scriptures of Zoroastrian community.

The city picked up a greater pace commercially during the diamond polishing business soared in the region.

Jehangir Talkies is one of the oldest cinema house. The name talkies implies that it refers to the era when movies started talking.

Tower is a clock tower in Navsari. It serves as important landmark. The old post office of Navsari was near the Tower. Navsari's postal code is 396445.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census

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 Navsari district has a population

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 of 1,330,711, roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius

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 or the US state of Maine

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. This gives it a ranking of 366th in India (out of a total of 640

Districts of India

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). The district has a population density of 602 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate

Family planning in India

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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.24 %. Navsari has a sex ratio

Sex ratio

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 of 961 females

Women in India

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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate

Literacy in India

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...

 of 84.78 %.

Universities and colleges

• Navsari Agricultural University
  Navsari Agricultural University
  Navsari Agricultural University is an agricultural university at Navsari in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was part of Gujarat Agricultural University until May 2004.-Colleges:*Faculty of Agriculture*Faculty of Horticulture & Forestry...
  
  
• B P Baria Science College
• Sorabji Burjorji Garda Arts College
• P.K. Patel Commerce College
• Navsari Law College
• Naranlala College Of Commerce & Management
• Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology and Research Centre

Schools

• Savitaben Girdharlal Manekchand Shiroiya English School, Chhapra Road, Navsari
• Bai Navajbai Tata Girls' High School, Dastur Wad Navsari
• Seth R.J.J. High School
  Seth R.J.J. High School
  Seth R.J.J. High School is one of the oldest schools in Navsari, India. It was founded in 1846 by Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, an Indian merchant and philanthropist.-External links:**...
  
  
• Sheth Purushottamdas Harjivandas Vidyalaya
  Sheth Purushottamdas Harjivandas Vidyalaya
  Sheth Purushottamdas Harjivandas Vidyalaya is a school situated near Dudhiya Talaw in Navsari district of Gujarat state of India....
  
   (Sanskar Bharti)
• D.K. Tata High School
• The Navsari High School, Navsari.
• Dinbai Daboo Girls High School
• St. Francis of Assisi Convent High School
  St. Francis of Assisi Convent High School
  The St. Francis of Assisi Convent High School is a high school located in Navsari, Gujarat, India. The school number is 258004.This was one of the first English medium schools in the city and offers GSEB courses up to grade 12 standard, the Higher Secondary Certificate, in science and commerce...
  
  
• Vidya Kunj
• Sir C.J.N.Z. Madresa Highschool
• Seth I.M.Banatwala Highschool
• Ashram Shala (Bhaktashram)
• Sheth Hiralal Chhotolal Parekh,Navsari High School
• A.H.M.P.Highschool (Akhil Hind Mahila Parishad Highschool)
• R D Parjapapti highschool vasan
• AB Higher Secondary School.
• Savitaben Girdharlal Mayachand Shiroiya Senior Secondary School
  Savitaben Girdharlal Mayachand Shiroiya Senior Secondary School
  Savitaben Girdharlal Mayachand Shiroiya Senior Secondary School is a School in Navsari, Gujarat. It was Established in the year 1996. The School Principal is Mr.Thaliyachira K. Joy. It is affiliated to C.B.S.E.. It is an ISO 9000:2000 certified school...