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Tharad
Sign in to saveTharad (historically known as Thirpur) is a administrative center of the Vav-Tharad district. The district consists of 134 villages. Tharad is 45kms from international border with Pakistan and 40kms from the state border with the Rajasthan state. Main industries are agriculture and private businesses. It is one of the first major towns in Gujarat on National Highway 68.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tharad
- Settlement.nickname
- Thirpur Nagri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Urban Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tharad city.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vav-Tharad district
- Settlement.governing_body
- Nagar Palika
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.74
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 10
- Settlement.population_total
- 39,000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
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- Nandevi Temple
- Jain centres
- Health and education
- Transportation
- Economy
- Notable people
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Tharad (historically known as Thirpur) is a administrative center of the Vav-Tharad district. The district consists of 134 villages. Tharad is 45kms from international border with Pakistan and 40kms from the state border with the Rajasthan state. Main industries are agriculture and private businesses. It is one of the first major towns in Gujarat on National Highway 68.
==History== The verse, dohra, about the founding of Tharad, states that in 115 (S. 171) Tharpar Parmar, leaving Shripur or Bhinmal in Marwad, went to the west and established the city of Tharad. The town continued in the hands of the Parmars till the tenth century, when it was taken by Chaulukya king Mularaja ().