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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Meghraj (Arvalli)<br />
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| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = city<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23.5|N|73.5|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Aravalli district]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 178<br />
| population_total = 11,363<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official language<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| demographics1_title2 = [[Languages of India|Spoken languages]] (Organised alphabetically)<br />
| demographics1_info2 = <br />
* [[Indian English|English]]<br />
* [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]<br />
* [[Marwari language|Marwari]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Revealing India's past: recent trends in art and archaeology|author=Ajay Mitra Shastri|author2=R. K. Sharma |author3=Devendra Handa |publisher=Aryan Books International|year=2005|ISBN=978-81-7305-287-3|page=227|quote=It is an established fact that during 10th-11th century.....Interestingly the language was known as the Gujjar Bhakha.}}</ref><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
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| blank_name_sec2 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]<br />
| blank_info_sec2 = 86.05%<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = [http://www.citypincode.in/GUJARAT/SABARKANTHA/MEGHRAJ_PINCODE_PINCODE 383350]<br />
| registration_plate =[[List of RTO districts in India#GJ.E2.80.94Gujarat|GJ]]-31<br />
| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}} <br />
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}}<br />
'''Meghraj''' is a [[census town|town]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Meghraj is a Taluka in [[Aravalli district|Aravalli District]]. It is located 22&nbsp;km west of District headquarters [[Modasa]] and108&nbsp;km from state capital [[Gandhinagar]] towards west.<br />
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Meghraj Taluka is bounded by [[Malpur]] Taluka on the South, [[Modasa]] Taluka on the west, [[Simalwara]] Taluka on the East. Near by towns are Modasa City, Lunawada City, Sagwara City.<br />
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Meghraj consists of 279 Villages and 43 Panchayats.<br />
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Dungarpur, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Banswara, Dahod, Shamlaji, Majum Dam, Kaleshwari, Kadana Dam are nearby tourist destinations.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/510446-meghraj-gujarat.html|title=Meghraj City Population Census 2011 - Gujarat|publisher=}}</ref> Meghraj had a population of 11,363 including 5,834 males and 5,529 females . Children age 0-6 number 1,343, or 11.82%. The female sex ratio is of 948 against the state average of 919. The child sex ratio is around 784 compared to Gujarat state average of 890. Literacy is 86.05%, higher than the state average of 78.03%. Male literacy is around 92.68% while the female rate is 79.23%.<br />
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The town hosts 2,401 houses that it supplies with water and sewerage.<br />
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== Governance ==<br />
It is authorized to build roads and impose taxes on properties under its jurisdiction.<br />
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==History==<br />
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In 1526 Sultan Bahadur visited Meghraj (Mahmud nagar), en route to Ahmedabad after the death of his brother Sultan Sikandar Shah.<br />
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In 1528 Sultan Bahadur Shah again visited., That time the King of Dungarpur came to welcome Sultan Bahadur Shah.<br />
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==Etymology ==<br />
The name of the city comes from the name of Thakur Sahab Shri Meghrajsinhji s/o Hamrajsinhji in the Samvant 1410. They established a state of 42 villages under Meghraj and then shifted to Moti Mori in Samvant 1601 and established a state of 62 villages.<br />
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==Temples ==<br />
Temples include Gayatri Temple, Hanuman Temple, Gheli Mata Temple, Ambe Mata Templem Mahadev Temple, Shree Nathji Temple, Roleshwar Mahadev Temple, Nana-Nani Garden and Newly made Jala-Sai Temple.<br />
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== Masjid ==<br />
Masjids include Jumma Masjid, Masjide Raza, Ashrafi Masjid, Tanvir Masjid, Madina Masjid, Ashrafiya Darool Qir'aat, Chishtiya Darbar and Babe Noorul Ain Gate. Nureilahi masjid (kasba). Nureilahi Madrsa, Kasba.<br />
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==Sufi Saints ==<br />
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* Syed Jahangir baba, Khalifa of Dariyai Dulha (virpur)<br />
* Ali ji Wali ji, (Modasa road)<br />
* Saat Syed baba, (at hills)<br />
* Shah baba also known as a Moriwale pir baba, (behind bus station)<br />
* Bakshu Shahid ( opp.library)<br />
* Ogan Syed (Kasba)<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Aravalli district]]</div>->Ira Leviton