Pardi Explained

Pardi
Other Name:Killa Pardi
Settlement Type:town
Pushpin Map:India Gujarat
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates:20.52°N 72.95°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Gujarat
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Valsad
Leader Title:President, Pardi Municipality
Leader Name:Mrs. Falguni Rajan Bhatt
Elevation M:18
Population Total:28495
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Gujarati, Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:396125

Pardi is a town and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Historically, there is a Hill in the middle of the town facing the lake where it is said Shivaji built the Killa (Fort). It's from this Killa (Fort) that the town is also called Killa-Pardi. Roughly 14 km south of the district headquarters city of Valsad, has a rail station on the Mumbai-Vadodara line of Western Railway (India). National Highway 48 bisects the town in east and west regions. The town has a municipality office and a court. The town centre also known for the Bus Stop at the intersection of Roads from Chival (East), Umarsadi (West), Damni Zampa (South) and Valsadi Zampa (North). Pardi has a wonderful lake called Talav spread over 99 acres which is proposed to be made tourist place in the near future.

The city of Vapi, a large industrial township for small-scale industries, Roughly 14 km south of Pardi town. Pardi has its own industrial zone which is governed by GIDC and caters mainly to the Textile industry.

Udvada, the holy town for Parsis, is about 7 km south of Pardi town.

Daman & Dadra Nagar Haveli, a famous tourist destination, is about 16 km south of Pardi town.

Geography

Pardi is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 18 metres (59 feet).

Demographics

The Pardi Municipality has population of 28,495 of which 14,648 are males while 13,847 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2704 which is 9.49% of total population of Pardi (M). In Pardi Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 945 against state average of 919. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Pardi is around 891 compared to Gujarat state average of 890. Literacy rate of Pardi city is 87.10% higher than state average of 78.03%. In Pardi, Male literacy is around 90.91% while female literacy rate is 83.09%.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/09/Pardi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pardi