Prantij | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Nickname: | Praptipura |
Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat#India3 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gujarat, India |
Coordinates: | 23.4384°N 72.8572°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
Subdivision Name2: | Sabarkantha |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 22306 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 383205 |
Registration Plate: | GJ-9 |
Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati, Hindi |
Prantij is a town and a municipality in Sabarkantha district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Prantij is located at .[1] Average height from sea level is 98 Meters (328 feet).
India census,[2] Prantij had a population of 22,306. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Prantij has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 62%. In Prantij, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Prantij railway station is the main railway station of the town situated on Ahmedabad–Udaipur Line under the Ahmedabad railway division of Western Railway zone.[3]
A memorial plaque is erected in a compound of I P Mission church in Prantij, Gujarat which cites a well in which 300 children who died in famine were buried. The plaque reads, "the children will be never hungry again".