Demographics
As of the 2011 India census, Mehsana had a population of 2,027,727.[1] The sex ratio was 894 females/males.[1] Mehsana has an average literacy rate of 84.26%, higher than the national average. Male literacy is 91.88%, and female literacy is 76.12%.[1] In Mehsana, 9.4% of the population is under 6 years of age.[1]
Geography
Mehsana has an average elevation of 265 feet (81 m) above sea level.
Religion
Hindus are the largest religious community of the city. Other minority religious communities includes Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Jains.
Places of Worship
It includes Hinglaj Mata temple, Swaminarayan temple, Gayatri temple, Ambika Mata temple as a major temples. There is a temple dedicated to Ayyappa established by south Indian community.
Simandhar Swami Jain Temple is located near Modhera cross roads. It is 161 ft (49 m) long, 97 ft (30 m) broad and 107 ft (33 m) high. Christian churches includes Mar Greegorious Orthodox Syrian Church.
Education
Mehsana has a presence of many major educational institutes. Ganpat University, located 10 km from city, offers specialising in areas as IT, engineering, pharmacy, agriculture, science, management, arts and commerce. Gujarat Power Engineering College and Saffrony Institute of Technology offers courses in engineering and management. B.S Patel College Of Pharmacy offers courses pharmacy. They are affiliated with the Gujarat Technological University. Sarvajanik Kelvani Mandal Trust runs many schools in north Gujarat. It also offers education in field of pharmacy, nursing, homeopathy.
There are many primary and higher secondary schools.
Economy
Medical
Major multi-speciality hospitals include General Civil Government Hospital, Lions Hospital, Sai Krishna Hi-Tech Hospital & Research Institute, Global Multi Speciality Hospital, G.K. Orthopaedic Hospital, Mehsana District Bank General Hospital.
Entertainment
Wide-Angle Multiplex, Cine Pulse, Prashant Cinema, B.K. Cinema provides entertainment facilities. Shanku's Water Park and Tirupati nature park are located nearby.
Industries
Mehsana have presence of dairy, agriculture and road equipment based industry. It also have oil and natural gas production fields and the small and medium size industries. Banking and finance sector have nationalised, cooperative, and private sector banks. There are many big and small road equipment industries are established in Mehsana -Dediyasan GIDC. Mehsana city is the one of the big manufacturer for the road equipment.
Dairy
The city is known for its local Mehsani breed of buffalos. The Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd., popularly known asDudhsagar Dairy, is a member of the state-level - Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., Anand. Dudhsagar Dairy is the largest dairy in Asia, processing on an average 1.41 million kilograms of milk each day. It has established a network for procuring milk from 4,500,000 milk producers through 1150 village milk cooperatives.
Oil and natural gas
Established in November 1967, the Mehsana fields are one of the highest onshore-producing asset of the ONGC. Covering an area of 6000 km2 with 28 fields in 2007–2008. Mehsana also has 1311 oil wells and 16 gas wells producing 5800 tonnes per day.
No comments:
Post a Comment