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{{short description|City in Maharashtra, India}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gondia
| other_name = Gondiya, Gundiya
| nickname = Rice city
| settlement_type = City
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| image_caption = From top, left to right: [[Gondia Airport]], [[Gondia Junction]], Gateway (Taj) Hotel, Mini Eiffel Tower
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Maharashtra
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| coordinates = {{coord|21.4598|N|80.195|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{seal|Maharashtra}}
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gondia district|Gondia]]
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| government_type = [[Municipal Council]]
| governing_body = Gondia Municipal Council
| leader_title1 = District collector<ref>{{cite web |title=District Gondia - Collectorate |url=https://gondia.gov.in/collectorate/ |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref>
| leader_name1 = Chinmay Gotmare, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title2 = District Police Superintendent
| leader_name2 = Nikhil N. Pingale [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite news |title=organ trafficking case related to naxalites gondia s sp nikhil pingle sar 75 zws 70 |url=https://www.loksatta.com/nagpur/organ-trafficking-case-related-to-naxalites-gondia-s-sp-nikhil-pingle-sar-75-zws-70-3490273/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |work=Loksatta |date=28 February 2023 |language=mr}}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_rank = 1st in Gondia District
Vidarbha: 5th
| area_total_km2 = 55
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 300
| population_total = 132,821
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank = 1st in Gondia District
Vidharbha: 5th
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Gondiakar
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 441601,441614
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91-07182
| registration_plate = MH-35
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| blank_info = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=29 March 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Literacy Rate]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 93.70%
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 991 per 1000 male. [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| blank3_info_sec1 = {{nowrap|{{increase}}}} 0.701 ({{color|orange|Medium}})
| website = {{URL|gondia.nic.in}}
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'''Gondia''' (also spelled as '''Gondiya,''' Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ɡon̪d̪iaː]]]) is a city and headquarters of eponymous [[Gondia District]] in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gondia.nic.in|title=गोंदिया संकेतस्थळ|website=gondia.nic.in|access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref> Gondia is also known as ''Rice City'' due to the abundance of [[rice mill]]s in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Rice city |url=https://www.nvccnagpur.org/Gondia_district.aspx |access-date= |website=}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=no mention of Rice City in the cited source|date=May 2023}} [[Gondia Airport]] (also known as Birsi Airport) is the only airport in the district.

==History==
The region is named after the [[Gondi people]], an [[Adivasi]] group in central India. During British Rule, Proprietor of Gondia was a [[Parmar (clan)|Ponwar Rajput]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Bhandara%20District/appendix_g.html#.|title= Central Province District Gazetteers - Bhandara District|work=Gazetteer Department of Maharashtra|access-date=15 October 2023|quote=The proprietor is a Ponwar Rajput}}</ref>

During [[British rule in India]], the [[Great Famine of 1876–78]] provided an opportunity for the construction of a {{convert|150|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} metre-gauge rail link called the [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]], connecting Nagpur with Rajnandgaon. Gondia railway station was created when this line began operation in December 1888. [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] (BNR) was formed in 1887 to upgrade and extend this line, and in 1902 BNR was contracted to provide a railway line from Gondia to Jabalpur with branches from Nainpur to Mandla as well as Nainpur to Seoni and Chhindwara. With these links and the commerce they brought, Gondia grew and prospered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/The_Roaring_Journey.pdf|title=The Roaring Journey|work=secr.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref>{{pages needed|date=May 2023}} In the year 1877 Near Darekasa cave Swami Vivekananda occurred his "First Trance" reference book "Journey of Swami Vivekananda to Raipur and His First Trance"(23)

==Geography==
=== Climate ===
{{Weather box
| location = Gondia (1991–2020, extremes 1946–2020)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 34.5
| Feb record high C = 38.5
| Mar record high C = 42.5
| Apr record high C = 46.1
| May record high C = 47.5
| Jun record high C = 47.5
| Jul record high C = 44.2
| Aug record high C = 38.4
| Sep record high C = 39.4
| Oct record high C = 38.0
| Nov record high C = 35.7
| Dec record high C = 35.1
| year record high C = 47.5
| Jan high C = 28.3
| Feb high C = 31.6
| Mar high C = 36.3
| Apr high C = 40.2
| May high C = 42.6
| Jun high C = 37.3
| Jul high C = 31.2
| Aug high C = 30.4
| Sep high C = 32.1
| Oct high C = 32.7
| Nov high C = 31.0
| Dec high C = 29.1
| year high C = 33.5
| Jan low C = 12.6
| Feb low C = 15.5
| Mar low C = 19.9
| Apr low C = 24.1
| May low C = 27.9
| Jun low C = 26.3
| Jul low C = 23.9
| Aug low C = 23.8
| Sep low C = 23.5
| Oct low C = 21.0
| Nov low C = 16.2
| Dec low C = 12.3
| year low C = 20.4
| Jan record low C = 5.5
| Feb record low C = 6.7
| Mar record low C = 11.4
| Apr record low C = 11.6
| May record low C = 13.8
| Jun record low C = 19.8
| Jul record low C = 18.0
| Aug record low C = 18.3
| Sep record low C = 19.2
| Oct record low C = 13.3
| Nov record low C = 8.5
| Dec record low C = 5.0
| year record low C = 5.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 18.5
| Feb rain mm = 17.6
| Mar rain mm = 19.6
| Apr rain mm = 12.0
| May rain mm = 8.3
| Jun rain mm = 157.4
| Jul rain mm = 406.0
| Aug rain mm = 365.5
| Sep rain mm = 188.1
| Oct rain mm = 43.4
| Nov rain mm = 10.6
| Dec rain mm = 6.7
| year rain mm = 1253.9
| Jan rain days = 1.2
| Feb rain days = 1.4
| Mar rain days = 1.8
| Apr rain days = 1.1
| May rain days = 0.9
| Jun rain days = 8.1
| Jul rain days = 16.4
| Aug rain days = 16.9
| Sep rain days = 8.8
| Oct rain days = 3.0
| Nov rain days = 0.7
| Dec rain days = 0.1
| year rain days = 60.4
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 46
| Feb humidity = 37
| Mar humidity = 31
| Apr humidity = 29
| May humidity = 26
| Jun humidity = 53
| Jul humidity = 73
| Aug humidity = 79
| Sep humidity = 82
| Oct humidity = 58
| Nov humidity = 54
| Dec humidity = 47
|year humidity = 51
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020
| publisher = [[India Meteorological Department]]
| access-date = April 8, 2024
}}</ref><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: Gondia Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 293–294
| access-date = 5 April 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 = M142
| access-date = 5 April 2020}}</ref>
|source 2 = Government of Maharashtra<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/BHANDARA/gen_climate.html
| title = Climate and Seasons
| publisher = Government of Maharashtra
| access-date = 5 April 2020}}</ref>
|date = June 2012
}}

===Location===
Gondia is very close to the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and is considered the gateway to Maharashtra from central and eastern India. [[Tirora]] is only nearby city. Gondia municipal council was established in 1920. At that time Gondia had only 10 wards population up to 20,000 and an area of 7.5 km<sup>2</sup>. Gondia has 42 wards, as well as population nearing up to 2 lakhs. The urbanisation has crossed municipal limits merging into nearby villages like Kudwa, Katangi, Fulchur, Nagra, Karanja, Murri, Pindkepar, and Khamari. The Ministry of Urban Development has recently{{when|date=July 2022}} announced to merge 20 nearby villages into Gondia to give the city status of Municipal Corporation. It is connected with [[National Highway (India)|National Highway]] 543 and 753.

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Gondia municipal corporation had a total population of 132,889, of which 66,756 were males and 66,133 females. Children in the age range of 0 to 6 were 12,835. The effective literacy (of population 7 years and above) of the city was 93.70%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507135928/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf |access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=7 May 2012 }}</ref>

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! rowspan="2" |Female
! rowspan="2" |Total Population
! rowspan="2" |Change
! colspan="8" |Religion (%)
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!Hindu
!Muslim
!Christian
!Sikhs
!Buddhist
!Jain
!Other religions and persuasions
!Religion not stated
|-
|2001<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/21494/download/24626/PC01_C01_27.xls |title=C-01 population by religion - Census 2001 |work=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |61418
| style="text-align:right;" |59484
| style="text-align:right;" |120902
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:right;" |77.072
| style="text-align:right;" |7.147
| style="text-align:right;" |0.524
| style="text-align:right;" |0.779
| style="text-align:right;" |13.508
| style="text-align:right;" |0.817
| style="text-align:right;" |0.137
| style="text-align:right;" |0.015
|-
|2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |title=C-01 population by religion - Census India 2011 |work=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |66500
| style="text-align:right;" |66313
| style="text-align:right;" |132813
| style="text-align:right;" |9.90
| style="text-align:right;" |76.228
| style="text-align:right;" |7.483
| style="text-align:right;" |0.472
| style="text-align:right;" |0.760
| style="text-align:right;" |13.804
| style="text-align:right;" |0.692
| style="text-align:right;" |0.088
| style="text-align:right;" |0.473
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==Economy==
===Agriculture===
The city has a large number of rice mills.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Behl |first1=Manka |title=Rice mills at Gondia causing pollution |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/rice-mills-at-gondia-causing-pollution/articleshow/53801688.cms |access-date=29 July 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=22 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Promote fortified rice manufacturing plants, Centre tells Maharashtra |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/promote-fortified-rice-manufacturing-plants-centre-tells-maharashtra/article37852591.ece |access-date=29 July 2022 |work=Business Line |date=5 December 2021}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=the sources cover the Gondia district, not Gondia the city|date=May 2023}} Agriculture is the main economic activity in Gondia. The main agricultural crops are paddy and sugarcane.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Economy and Agriculture {{!}} District Gondia {{!}} India |url=https://gondia.gov.in/en/economy-and-agriculture/ |work=gondia.gov.in |access-date=31 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=the source covers the Gondia district, not Gondia the city|date=May 2023}}

===Industries===
Adani Power Maharashtra Limited (APML), is 3 km away from [[Tirora]] on Tirora-Gondia state road. Coal is transported to Adani power, Ltd through a railway which is connected to Kachewani Railway Station. Water is being used from nearby weir constructed on Wainganga River. An 85.89% subsidiary of Adani Power Limited is implementing 3300 MW Thermal Power Station in [[Tirora]].

== Transportation ==
===Road===
The Mumbai–Nagpur–Kolkata Road is the only national highway passing through the district, covering a total distance of 99.37 km (62 mi). Gondia is situated about 170 km by road from Nagpur of Vidarbha region. The district has road links to adjoining districts Chandrapur, Bhandara, Nagpur. The city is well connected by roads. It takes around 4 hours journey from Nagpur by State Transport Bus to reach Gondia. Gondia has bus connectivity to Jabalpur, Nagpur, Raipur and Hyderabad.

=== Rail ===
{{main|Gondia Junction railway station}}
[[File:Gondia map.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Gondia rail routes|alt=]]
Gondia Junction railway station is a junction in Maharashtra, with heavy passenger and goods traffic. It is an A-Grade station.

It lies on the [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line|Howrah–Mumbai route]]. The station has seven platforms, each with potable water, tea stalls, benches and waiting sheds. There is also a fruit stall and a bookstall. The station is equipped with air-conditioned waiting rooms for passengers travelling by upper [[Indian Railways#Classes of service|accommodation classes]] and a waiting hall for passengers travelling by lower accommodation classes.

The Gondia–[[Jabalpur Junction]] ([[Madhya Pradesh]]) section of [[South East Central Railway]] runs north–south, along the valley of the [[Wainganga River]]. The line was formerly [[narrow gauge]] (762 mm [2 ft 6 in]) along its entire length, but the section between Gondia and [[Balaghat]] was converted to broad gauge in 2005–2006,<ref>[[Railway Gazette International]] Supplement December 2007 p7</ref> connecting Balaghat to India's national broad-gauge network. Work is completed to convert the [[Jabalpur|Balaghat–Jabalpur]] section to broad gauge as well.

Railway milestones for Gondia include:
* 1888 – Gondia Railway Station was opened to the public.
* 1901 – [[Satpura Express]] began first class service.
* 1903 – The first portion of Gondia–Nainpur was opened.<ref name="South Eastern Railway">{{cite web |title=South Eastern Railway |url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date=1 April 2013 |date=1 April 2013}}</ref>
* 1905 – Nainpur–Gondia line was extended to Jabalpur.<ref name="South Eastern Railway" />
* 1908 – Gondia–Nagbhir–Nagpur line was opened for traffic.<ref name="South Eastern Railway" />
* 1990-91 – Paniajob–Gondia and Gondia–Bhandara Road sections were electrified.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title=History of Electrification|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
* 1999 – Gauge-converted Gondia–Balharshah line opened.
* 2005 – Gauge-converted Gondia–Balaghat section opened.

=== Airport ===
[[Gondia Airport]] is situated near Kamtha village, {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} from Gondia. This airstrip was built by the British in 1940, during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airstrips in Maharashtra |url=http://www.mahapwd.com/statistics/airstrips.htm |publisher=Maharashtra Public Works Department |access-date=1 April 2012 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001075044/http://www.mahapwd.com/statistics/airstrips.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Initially run by the Public Works Department, it was taken over by the state-owned [[Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation]] (MIDC) from August 1998<ref>{{cite web |title=MIDC airports |url=http://midcindia.org/Pages/SectorialStrength.aspx#3 |access-date=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122747/http://www.midcindia.org/Pages/SectorialStrength.aspx#3 |archive-date=28 March 2012 }}</ref> to December 2005, after which it has been operated by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI). The airport's runway has been extended to {{convert|7,500|ft|m|order=flip}} to accommodate [[Airbus A-320]], [[Boeing 737]] and similar aircraft.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akola, Gondia next aviation hot spots |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-21/nagpur/27964352_1_gondia-akola-airport-national-flying-training-institute |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711090457/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-21/nagpur/27964352_1_gondia-akola-airport-national-flying-training-institute |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2012 |date= 27 November 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref>

Other nearby airports to Gondia Airport (GDB) include Nagpur (NAG) (124.8 km), Raipur (RPR) (163.2 km) and Jabalpur (JLR) (192.2 km).

== References ==
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|North = [[Balaghat]] (Madhya Pradesh)
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|East =
|Southeast = [[Amgaon]], [[Salekasa]]
|South = [[Goregaon, Gondia|Goregaon]], [[Sadak Arjuni]]
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|West = [[Tirora]]
|Northwest =
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{{Gondia district topics}}
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