Location Surat Established 24 August 1991 | Budget ₹ 2.04 crore Phone 0261 321 0075 | |
Population served 36,230 members of Central Library, 10,625 members of Children's Section and members of the public Address Opposite Umra Police Station, Ghod Dod Bypass, Athwalines, Surat, Gujarat 395009 Size 1,969 books in electronic form, 55 Newspapers Hours Open today · 8:30AM–7:30PMSaturday8:30AM–7:30PMSunday8:30AM–7:30PMMondayClosedTuesday8:30AM–7:30PMWednesday8:30AM–7:30PMThursday8:30AM–7:30PMFriday8:30AM–7:30PM Similar Kavi Narmad Central Li, Science Centre Surat, Andrews Library, University Library | ||
Kavi Narmad Central Library is a public library in Surat built by the Surat Municipal Corporation in 1991 at Ghod Dod Road. The library is the largest in the city with 2,26,391 books and a membership of 46,855. The library premises have a total area of 6158 sq. m. and was built at the cost of ₹ 4.03 crore. The library also houses a reading room and a newspaper section open to public. It is named after Veer Narmad the famous Gujarati poet from Surat and was opened to public on his 158th birth anniversary.
On18th January, 2011 Information Centre, separate sections for senior citizen and rare book collection, conference hall and audio visual room were added. Recently the revitalization of the library was completed.
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