Gozaria

Geography

Gozaria is located at 23.478126°N 72.56238°E / 23.478126; 72.56238. It has an average elevation of 81 metres (265 feet) above sea level. It is approximately 60 km away from the city of Ahmedabad and 32 km from Gandhinagar. The area of the Gozaria is around 3 km² and population in 2001 is 13132.

Climate

Gozaria enjoys all types of weather. In Summer, it's hot and humid with an average temperature of 44 Degrees with hot sandy winds. In Winter, it's 15 degrees and in Monsoon, the average rainfall is about 80 to 90 cm per season.

Air

The nearest International airport is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at Ahmedabad, located about 60 km away.

Rail

Gozaria has a railway station, providing connections to Vijapur and Aambaliyasan.

Road

Gozariya highway is connected with three major cities which is Gandhinagar, Mehsana and visnagar.In Gozaria there are three major road Which is. State highway No. 71

Demographics

The town comprises several communities. Among these are:

Townscape

Gozaria is also green town. Most of people are occupied in agriculture. There are different area where people stay with unique culture called Chowk.In Gozaria village there are many chowk like Bhakt Chowk, Shakti Chowk, Krishna Chowk, Navarang Chowk.

Temples

There are many Temples in Gozaria.Gozaria town has several temples dedicated to Hinduism.The major temple in Gozaria are

Nearby pilgrim place is Samou (3 km) for famous Chhabila Hanuman

Wadi

There are about eight Wadis (where people get together for social functions in Gozaria town: Bahucharmata ni Wadi, Dhaniba Wadi, Brahmin's Wadi, Raam Wadi, Shiv Vadi, Prajapati Wadi Vaniya ni vadi, Manguba wadi are famous in Gozaria.

Hospital

There are many good hospitals, being Pramukh Swami Surgical Hospital , Arogyanidhi hospital , Darsh surgical hospital , Trisha meternity hospital and Sarvajanik Hospital and many more. Looking to the need of the peoples of Gozaria and surrounding area as there were no Hospitals and moreover, many poor & backward class people are living here, villagers of Gozaria decided to open a hospital in 1960. The building was constructed and the hospital was started on 18-05-1960 with the help of donations from all quarters of society.f

School and College

There are Primary school,Secondary school and Higher school in Gozaria.There are one college Called Nima Girls Arts College and one ITI Located in Gozaria.Also Ganpat University Located ab72

Post Office

One Post office located in Gozaria.

Public Library

One Public Library Located in Town. Which has a minor facility. Limited books and newspaper available there like Gujarat Samachar, Divya Bhaskar, Sandesh.

Festivals

Gozaria enjoys a thriving cultural tradition, being the centre of Gujarati cultural activities and diverse traditions of different ethnic and religious communities. Popular celebrations and observances include Uttarayan—an annual kite-flying day on 14 and 15 January. The nine nights of Navratri are celebrated with people performing Garba—the folk dance of Gujarat—at venues across the city. The festival of lights—Deepavali is celebrated with the lighting of lamps in every house, the decorating the floors with the rangoli and the bursting of firecrackers. Other festivals such as Holi and Ganesh Chaturthi are celebrated with enthusiasm. The annual Rath Yatra procession on the Ashadh-sud-bij date of the Hindu calendar.

Apart from this, Gozaria Follows a tradition from decades of Mahakali Garba on next day of Dashera where from Midnight to 2.30 p.m. , thousands of villagers gethers at Tarpoj Area to see this miraculous tradition which is also telecast live on local TV networks and websites.

Banking

Many leading banks are located in Gozaria eg.

There are some atm available

Agriculture

The major crops produced in district are Sorghum bicolor, Pearl Millet,Groundnut, ajra, Barley, wheat, tal and jowar.Animal husbandry and dairying have played a vital role in the rural economy of Gozaria.

Business

Gozaria is well improving business centre iron work all type cloth and almost all type shopping is available here.The jewellery market is also a leading market about 20 villages are purchasing Gold and Silver from Gozaria. Also, The Sawmills are the important part of business here. Gozaria also having its very own GIDC

Industry

GIDC Located in Gozaria

Education

There was no British educational system and nobody was educated as per British System in Gozaria till year 1882.

In the year 1921 Shri. Ratibhai D. Amin started an English medium school. It was a short lived project and was closed in short span of times. But after few years our committed and educated young villagers established “Gozaria Kelavni Mandal” on 04-06-1937.

In the summer of 1937 Shri. Somabhai and Laljibhai Co. from Surat gave a huge donation and then all villagers of all communities gave whatever they can donate for the school. Thus on 11-06-1937 Shri. Nathudas Gulabdas laid the foundation of English School with great pomp and show and the school was opened. Shri. Ramchandra Jamnadas Amin was the president of the occasion. And from that day onwards the seeds of education were planted and now it has become a tree in the form of educational campus near the railway station. Here is the list of Schools, Colleges run by Gozaria Kelavni Mandal