Godhra
Godhra is a road and rail junction and a commercial centre for timber and agricultural produce. Industries include oilseed pressing, flour milling, and glass manufacture.
Godhra is a Municipality in Panchmahal district in Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Panchmahal district. Originally the name came from gou which means "cow" and dhara which has two meanings: one in Sanskrit which means "hold" or "land" and the other in Hindi which means "flow": It means the Land of the Cow.
Godhra is widely known in India and internationally for being the starting point of the 2002 Gujarat riots. Statewide religious riots between Hindus and Muslims began after the Godhra train burning incident near the Godhra railway station on 27 February 2002, where about 59 train passengers were burnt alive. It was in Godhra that Vallabhbhai Patel first met Gandhi in 1917 and was subsequently drawn into the Indian freedom struggle.
History
- The word "Godhra" means the land of cows. As per local folklore, cows used to come here from Pavagadh for grazing.
- AD 975: A bronze of Lord Rishabhanath of AD 975 found at Akota mentions Gohadra kula, i.e., the school of Jain monks at Gohadra.
- AD 1415: The historical name of Godhra is "Godhrahk", which was established by Parmar king named Dhudhul Mandalik in A.D. 1415.
- 15th Century: Five hundred years ago, the respectable Saint Shrimad Vallabhacharya in his morning ritual speech gave the example of his dream city. He explained how the city which was seen in dream by her daughter was handed over by a Muslim resident to a Hindu family.
Other Name in Literature
Religious importance
- Sat Kaival Temple at Bagaidol village of Godhra is famous temple of sat kaival sampraday.
- Godhra is one of the religious places in the India which has four bethaks for Vaishnav Sampraday. There are two main seats of Lord Gokulnathji and one each for Lord Gusaiji and Lord Mahaprabhuji. Godhra is the only city in India that has all three seats of the Mahaprabhuji, Gusianji, and Gokulnathji.
- Godhra has so many beautiful masjid's,
- Godhra has three beautiful Jain temples. The main idol in the Jain Temple is of Shantinath. It also has a popular temple called the 'Trimandir', a non-sectarian temple founded by Dada Bhagwan in the Bhamaiya area.
- Godhra has Sheikh Majhawar graveyard, which is believed to be one of the biggest in Asia.
- Godhra all religion people celebrating many more festival's, like Makar Sakranti, Maha Shivratri, Holi, diwali, Republic Day, Eid al-Fitr, Baisakhi, Rakshabandhan, Krishna Janmashtami, Independence Day, Ganesh Chaturthi, Eid_al-Adha, Muharram, Christmas, Dussehra, Easter, And Many More, all religion celebration happily.
- Godhra has all religion people living together.
Demographics
- Year 2011: As of 2011 India census,
- * Population:
- ** Godhra had a population of 143,644
- ** Males constitute 51.67% of the population and females 48.32%
- * Literacy:
- ** Godhra has an average literacy rate of 87.51%, higher than the national average of 74.04%
- ** Male literacy is 92.25%, and female literacy is 82.44%
- Year 2001: India census,
- * Population:
- ** Godhra had a population of 121,852.
- ** Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.
- * Literacy:
- ** Godhra has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%
- ** Male literacy is 79.5%, and female literacy is 64.5%.
Connectivity
Education
Godhra has an average literacy rate of 87.51%, higher than the national average of 59.5%University
- College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology,MMRS,Dholakuva
- Shri Govind Guru University
- Darul Uloom Rahmaniyah, the Islamic university of Godhra, located 2 km out of Godhra
- GEC Godhra.
- Engineering College, Tuwa
- Government polytechnic Godhra
Schools
- Kalrav School
- Aman Day School
- New Era High School
- Calorx Public School
- M & M Mehta High School
- Nalanda School
- St. Arnolds High School
- G.N. Junior Public School
- Sharda Mandir
- Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidyamandir
- Rotary English Medium School
- Delhi Public School
- Jay Jalaram International High School, Parvadi
- Telang Vanijya High School
- Nityam International School
- Kendriya Vidayalaya, Godhra
- The Iqbal Union High School
- The Iqbal Girls High School
- Meccab Memorial High School
- The Saifee Jamali English High School
- Acharya Narendradev Girls High School
- Unnati Vidhyalay
- Navrachna High School etc...
- VMPatel Institute
- Usmangani.School.Gondra Godhra *Other educational institutions like Student's brain development Institute Who run programs like UCMAS, Vedic Maths, Spoken English
- Polan Bazar Urdu Kanya Shala Godhra
- Blue Bell Public School.
- Ali Public school
- Nootan High school
- Usman Gani School
- Dr. Zakirhusen School
- Molana Azad school
Colleges
- Sheth P. T. Arts & Science College, Godhra
- Shree Sarvajanik Commerce College, Godhra
- Shamlaji Homeopathic College, Vavdi
- Shree Ghantakarna Mahaveer Physiotherapy College, Vavdi
- Shri Shamlaji Homeopathic Medical College and Research Institute, Godhra
- General Nursing School, General Hospital
- Government Engineering College, Chhabanpur
- Government Polytechnic College, Godhra
- Industrial Training Institute, Godhra
- College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Godhra affiliated to Anand Agricultural University, Anand. Located at Dholakuwa 5 km away from Godhra on Dahod highway.
- Diploma-Engineering College, Tuwa, 2 km away from Godhra-Ahmedabad Highway in Tuwa Village.
Landscape