Govardhan
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- Settlement.name
- Govardhan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Govardhan hill, Govardhan.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Govardhan hill
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mathura
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 179
- Settlement.population_total
- 22,576
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- Govardhan Hill
- Pilgrimage
- Historic religious sites
- Mansi Ganga sacred lake
- Kusum sarovar and Samadhi of Suraj Mal
- Transportation
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Govardhan also called Giriraj, is a key pilgrimage centre in India and a municipal town; a nagar panchayat; seat of an MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) of Uttar Pradesh; a Tehsil, in Mathura district in India in the state of Uttar Pradesh. About 23 kilometres from Mathura, the town is on the road link between Mathura and Deeg.
==Geography== Govardhana is located at . It has an average elevation of 179 metres (587 feet). Govardhana has been made Tehsil in Mathura District by the Uttar Pradesh government.