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{{Infobox library
| library_name       = Narmad Central Library
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| location           = [[Surat]]
| established        = 24 August 1991
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| collection_size    = 2,87,250 books in the Central Book Store <br>42,312 books in Children's Section<br> 28,377 in Reference Section<br> 1,969 books in electronic form<br> 175 periodicals<br> 55 newspapers<br> 2600 books in [[Braille]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Narmad Central Library|url=http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/content/narmadlibrary/knc-sections.shtml|publisher=Surat Municipal Corporation|access-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118131244/http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/content/narmadlibrary/knc-sections.shtml|archive-date=18 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| pop_served         = 36,230 members of Central Library, 10,625 members of Children's Section and members of the public
| budget             = {{INR}} 2.04 crore<ref>{{cite web|title=Narmad Central Library|url=http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/content/narmadlibrary/knc-ataglance.shtml|publisher=Surat Municipal Corporation|access-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017101549/http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/content/narmadlibrary/knc-ataglance.shtml|archive-date=17 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
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'''Kavi Narmad Central Library''' is a public library in [[Surat]] built by the Surat Municipal Corporation in 1991 at Ghod Dod Road.<ref>{{cite web|title=Attractions of Surat|url=http://www.mycitysurat.in/attractions-of-surat|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617192416/http://www.mycitysurat.in/attractions-of-surat|archivedate=2012-06-17}}</ref>  The library is the largest in the city with 2,26,391 books and a membership of 46,855. The library premises have a total area of 6158 sq. m. and was built at the cost of {{INR}} 4.03 crore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Narmad Central Library|url=http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/content/narmadlibrary/knc-main.shtml|publisher=Surat Municipal Corporation|access-date=20 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017094158/http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/content/narmadlibrary/knc-main.shtml|archive-date=17 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The library also houses a reading room and a newspaper section open to public. It is named after [[Narmadashankar Dave|Veer Narmad]] the famous [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] [[poet]] from [[Surat]] and was opened to public on his 158th birth anniversary.

On 18 January 2011 Information Centre, separate sections for senior citizen and rare book collection, conference hall and audio visual room were added.
More recently, the revitalization of the library was completed.{{cn|date=January 2021}}

==See also==
*[[List of tourist attractions in Surat]]
*[[Science Centre, Surat]]

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