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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aadityana
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.74139|N|69.69834|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 = [[Porbandar district|Porbandar]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1748
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| population_total = 17237
| population_as_of = 2001
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| 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 = 360545
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'''Adityana''' is a [[census town]] in [[Porbandar district]] in the [[India]] in [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]]. It is located near Barda hills.

==History==
The town was founded in 1748.<ref name="bg">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=355}}</ref>

==Caves==
In the hill to the east of the village is a large cave called the cave of Jambuvan. [[Jambavan|Jambuvan]] is an Indian epic character whose daughter Jambuvati married Krishna.<ref name="bg"/>

==Economy==
In 1839 a quarry was started here in the hills to the north-east of the village. This stone is largely exported to Bombay and elsewhere and is commercially known as [[Porbandar stone]]. It is a limestone, yellowish white in colour, and of compact grain. Locally it is known as ''makhanio patthar'' or butter-stone. It is said to possess one excellent quality; walls are built of this cut-stone without any mortar, and it is said that after one rainy season the stones all adhere together so as to form one block.<ref name="bg"/>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Aadityana had a population of 17,237. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. The average literacy rate was 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 16% of the population was under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work=|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

==References==
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[[File:PD-icon.svg|10px]] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [[public domain]]: {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=355}}

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