Gondia
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Gondia (also spelled as Gondiya, Marathi pronunciation: [ɡon̪d̪iaː]) is a city and headquarters of eponymous Gondia District in Maharashtra, India. Gondia is also known as Rice City due to the abundance of rice mills in the area. Gondia Airport (also known as Birsi Airport) is the only airport in the district.
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Gondia is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India, serving as the capital of Gondia district. It is situated at an elevation of 300 meters above sea level and covers an area of 30 square kilometers. The city operates within the UTC+05:30 time zone and uses the postal code 441601 and local dialing code 07182.
The population of Gondia is recorded as 132,821. Its geographic coordinates are 21.45, 80.2. Current weather observations indicate a temperature of 32.22 degrees, humidity at 23 percent, pressure at 1003, and wind speed of 2.2.
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- Locality
- Gondia City
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Population
- 132,813
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
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- Gondiya, Gundiya
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- Rice city
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- City
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- From top, left to right: Gondia Airport, Gondia Junction, Gateway (Taj) Hotel, Mini Eiffel Tower
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- Maharashtra
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- Gondia in Maharashtra
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- State
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- District
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- Gondia
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- Municipal Council
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- Gondia Municipal Council
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- District collector
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.leader_name1
- Chinmay Gotmare, IAS
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
The city and district is named after the indigenous Gondi people.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Location
- Demographics
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Industries
- Transportation
- Road
- Rail
- Airport
- References
Gondia (also spelled as Gondiya, Marathi pronunciation: [ɡon̪d̪iaː]) is a city and headquarters of eponymous Gondia District in Maharashtra, India. Gondia is also known as Rice City due to the abundance of rice mills in the area. Gondia Airport (also known as Birsi Airport) is the only airport in the district.
==History== The region is named after the Gondi people, an Adivasi group in central India. During British Rule, Proprietor of Gondia was a Ponwar Rajput.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gondia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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