Dhanera

Dhanera
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Coordinates: 24°31′N72°01′E / 24.52°N 72.02°E / 24.52; 72.02
india	India
State	Gujarat
District	Banaskantha
Government
• Type	Dhanera Municipality
• Body	Congress
Area
• Total	25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation	128 m (420 ft)
Population  (2026)
• Total	108,080
• Density	4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	GJ08

Dhanera is a town in Banaskantha district in the northern part of the state of Gujarat, India.

Geography

Dhanera is located at 24°31′N72°01′E / 24.52°N 72.02°E / 24.52; 72.02 . ^[1] It has an average elevation of 128 metres (420 ft).

Demographics

As of 2001 ^[update] Indian census, ^[2] Dhanera had a population of 22,183. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dhanera has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 67% and, female literacy is 42%. In Dhanera, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

The town being the headquarters of Dhanera taluka is well-connected by road and rail.

Rail

Dhanera Railway Station, on the jodhpur-palanpur-Ahmedabad-surat mainline, comes under the administrative control of North Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It has direct rail links on the broad gauge to the cities and towns in Gujarat such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodra, Bhuj, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Porbandar.It is connected to most of the cities of Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Delhi, Dehradun, Muzaffarpur, Bareilly and Jammu.

Road

National Highway 168 connecting Junction with NH 68 Near Tharad-Dhanera-Panthawada in Gujarat and National Highway 168A connecting Dhanera Junction with NH 27 Near Deesa connect to Deesa and Palanpur.

Air

The nearest Airport is the Deesa Airport, originally built to serve the princely state of Palanpur. It is just 36 km from Dhanera city. The nearest International Airport is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad which is 198 km far from Dhanera.

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dhanera
2. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.