Keshod

2021-04-30T06:37:34Z

103.38.204.241:

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2009}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Keshod
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Gujarati
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = File:Akshaygadh,Keshod.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Akshygadh Mandir, Keshod
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat
| pushpin_label_position = right CORNER
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.3|N|70.25|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Junagadh district|Junagadh]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body = Keshod Nagarpalika
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 42
| population_total = 76,193
| population_as_of = 2014
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 362220
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 02871
| registration_plate = GJ-11
| Current Political Party = BJP(Bharatiya Janata Party)
| website =
| footnotes =
| official_name =
}}
'''Keshod''' is a town and a [[Taluka]] in [[Junagadh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]].

==History on the name==
It has been told by many old aged people of this city that the name of the city came from a very interesting incident happened during the Mahabharata time. Krishna ran away with Rukhmani and defeated her brother Rukhmayaa. They were escaping in the jungles for days and nights. During this time Rukhmani washed her hair in the small pond (nowadays called "Utawadiya") available in Keshod. Hair are called "Kesha" and to wash is called "Udd" in Sanskrit, hence the name Keshod came from the addition of these to names in Sanskrit "Kesh-Udd". Since that time the city has been called as Keshod.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

==Infrastructure==
[[Keshod Airport]] serves [[Junagadh district]], which was used by Nawab of [[Junagadh]] [[Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III]] while escaping to Pakistan.<ref name=chopra>{{cite book|last=Chopra|first=Pran Nath|title=Encyclopaedia of India, Volume 30|year=1992|publisher=Rima Pub. House|pages=42}}</ref>

==Transportation==
Keshod have good and clean Government Bus station and also good private buses as well as.

Good frequency for the Junagadh, Somanath, Verval, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar and other big cities.

Also rail-line which connect to western railways. to Somnath->Junagadh->Rajkot->Porbandar->Ahemedbad->Jabalpur->Mumbai->Pune.

==Terrain==
Keshod's landscape is mostly dry. It is 30 kilometres from the sea. During the monsoon months it often rains heavily in and around Keshod but the searing heat means that for a lot of the year there are problems with receiving running water. There are a few small rivers including Sabri which provides water to the city of the Keshod, while Ojat rivers flows through south western part of the Taluka and serves areas of Ghed (ઘેડ) with its water, there is a mountain called Akshaygadh mountain which is around 3 km away from the city and has a height of around 250 meters, some of the villages of Keshod falls under Gir region which is famous for Lions and Keshar Mango as well, Farming is the largest employer with groundnut and cotton being the most popular crop grown.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

== Industries ==
Gujarat's biggest TB Hospital located in Keshod. There is a 150+ Groundnut oil factory in keshod. keshod famous for Chhakado rickshaw Manufacturing. Keshod is Also Known for its furniture manufacturing industries around 300 small and big manufacturing unit are working. Keshod also known for its Kapad (cloth) bazaar in the retail sector.

==Climate==
{{weather box|width=auto
| location = [[Keshod Airport]] (1981–2010, extremes 1969–2007)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 37.0
| Feb record high C = 39.5
| Mar record high C = 43.9
| Apr record high C = 44.4
| May record high C = 45.5
| Jun record high C = 42.8
| Jul record high C = 37.2
| Aug record high C = 38.0
| Sep record high C = 39.4
| Oct record high C = 41.8
| Nov record high C = 39.2
| Dec record high C = 37.2
|year record high C = 45.5
| Jan high C = 29.4
| Feb high C = 31.7
| Mar high C = 35.6
| Apr high C = 37.4
| May high C = 36.8
| Jun high C = 34.8
| Jul high C = 31.4
| Aug high C = 30.2
| Sep high C = 32.2
| Oct high C = 35.5
| Nov high C = 33.8
| Dec high C = 30.7
|year high C = 33.3
| Jan low C = 12.0
| Feb low C = 13.9
| Mar low C = 17.7
| Apr low C = 21.5
| May low C = 25.1
| Jun low C = 26.8
| Jul low C = 25.7
| Aug low C = 24.6
| Sep low C = 23.7
| Oct low C = 21.0
| Nov low C = 17.1
| Dec low C = 13.3
|year low C = 20.2
| Jan record low C = 3.6
| Feb record low C = 4.4
| Mar record low C = 8.8
| Apr record low C = 14.3
| May record low C = 17.4
| Jun record low C = 20.1
| Jul record low C = 14.6
| Aug record low C = 22.0
| Sep record low C = 18.8
| Oct record low C = 13.6
| Nov record low C = 9.0
| Dec record low C = 4.9
|year record low C = 3.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 0.9
| Feb rain mm = 0.6
| Mar rain mm = 0.0
| Apr rain mm = 0.1
| May rain mm = 2.5
| Jun rain mm = 171.8
| Jul rain mm = 303.3
| Aug rain mm = 168.9
| Sep rain mm = 92.6
| Oct rain mm = 27.8
| Nov rain mm = 1.5
| Dec rain mm = 0.2
|year rain mm = 770.3
| Jan rain days = 0.1
| Feb rain days = 0.1
| Mar rain days = 0.0
| Apr rain days = 0.0
| May rain days = 0.4
| Jun rain days = 4.3
| Jul rain days = 11.7
| Aug rain days = 9.8
| Sep rain days = 4.2
| Oct rain days = 1.1
| Nov rain days = 0.3
| Dec rain days = 0.0
|year rain days = 31.9
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 29
| Feb humidity = 27
| Mar humidity = 29
| Apr humidity = 36
| May humidity = 50
| Jun humidity = 63
| Jul humidity = 76
| Aug humidity = 77
| Sep humidity = 67
| Oct humidity = 43
| Nov humidity = 30
| Dec humidity = 28
|year humidity = 46
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Keshod (A) Climatological Table 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = 407–408
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M56
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
*[[Balagam]]
*[[madhavpur beach ]]
*[[Loej beach ]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Junagadh district]]

IndianPedia - User contributions [en]

Keshod