Prantij
Town in Gujarat, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prantij is a town and a municipality in Sabarkantha district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Prantij | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Nickname: Praptipura | |
  Prantij Location in Gujarat, India  Prantij Prantij (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23.43842°N 72.85718°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Sabarkantha |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 22,306 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | GJ-9 |
| Website | gujaratindia |
Prantij is located at 23°26′18″N 72°51′26″E.[1] Average height from sea level is 98 Meters (328 feet).
As of 2001[update] 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]
Memorial
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".
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