Kaparada taluka explained

Kaparada
Native Name Lang:Gujarati, Konkani
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Gujarat, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Gujarat
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Valsad
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:202862
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:396065
Registration Plate:GJ-15-

Kaparada is a taluka in Valsad district, Gujarat, India, near the border to Maharashtra. It is located in the Western Ghats. It is a predominantly Adivasi tribal district. The major tribes are Kokna and Warli. Kaparada is called Cherrapunji of Gujarat receiving highest rainfall in the state.

Kaparada has 60 years old Ashram Shala run by 'Dakshin Gujarat Adivasi (Tribal) Ashram Shala ' founded by then Urmilaben P Bhatt who was social worker, a staunch Gandhian follower and served as first lady minister of Government of Gujarat in various government departments. Another organization named National Association for the Blind, Valsad has been working for the challenged children and persons with all kind of disabilities since a decades in this region. Rambhai. K. Patel, who initiated this organisation with a motive to change the lives of these people and who has been carrying out the cause of spreading awareness and literacy from almost 40+ years. He has changed the lives of hundreds of people in this area. He's played a crucial role in spreading awareness by going to even the smallest and in the most interior regions which were earlier forest regions of Kaparada.

Location

Kaparada is located 69.4 km away from the Valsad district headquarters valsad. Kaparada is located 50.0 km away from the Daman and Diu state capital daman.

Education

The literacy rate of Kaprada Taluka is 42.83% out of which 48.94% males are literate and 36.67% females are literate.[3]

city

Kaprada,Nanapondha,motapondha,sutharpada

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