Country India District Surat PIN 394160 Population 17,453 (2001) | State Gujarat Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Vehicle registration GJ 05 | |
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Weather 23°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 77% Humidity | ||
Mandvi is a town located in the Mandvi tehsil of Surat District, Gujarat state, India and lies on the banks of the Tapti River. It is around 61 kilometres (38 mi) east of Surat.
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Mandvi is situated at an altitude of 50 meters and 113 km (Arial distance) from sea coast. The town is connected to surrounding towns by Roads. There are three State highways passing through the city. The average annual rain fall for the area is 67 inches.
Mandvi an ancient town was once a State of King Bhil with its capital at Pipalwada. Mandvi was predominantly tribal area. After independence, Mandvi became an integral part of old Bombay State. When Bombay State was bifurcated, this area came under newly formed Gujarat. Town Mandvi is well known for the art of Carpentry, Blacksmith work and handloom based village industry. In Mandvi Residential land use pattern is predominated in the inner part of city. Commercial land use is broadly mixed type and it has mainly retails shop and general groceries stores. The town can be divided in two parts. Left side part can be considered developing area and right side part is undeveloped when we do a relative study with the local development scene. On other part of the town area slum area, agriculture land, waste land and hilly area are present.
Premshankar Bhatt
Premshankar Bhatt a prominent social worker, freedom fighter was the son of Mandvi who contributed in educating tribal kids of the southern tribal belt and started NGO in name of 'Dakshin Gujarat Adivasi Sevamandal'. Today his statue stands in the Mandvi Garden and you can see that while entering main town of Mandvi.
There are Two Prime schools, One is The Mandvi Highschool Mandvi and another is Shri V f Highschool Mandvi. There are several Colleges in Mandvi Town. Arts and Commerce College Mandvi. Priyadarshini College of Fine Arts Mandvi. Recently BBA and MBA Colleges also are opened. Mandvi is an Educational hub for near by villages. Priyadarshini College of fine Arts Mandvi is a unique Govt. of Gujarat 100% Grant in Aid college. In art line the no.1 college in Gujarat, lots of tribe children come for learn the art and become a professional artist.
Nearby Adivasi Ashrams
Nearby Mandvi town there is a prominent Adivasi Ashramshalla run by Dakshin Gujarat Adivasi Sevamandal formed then by Shri Premshankar Bhattt a prominent freedom fighter, strong gandhian follower, known as gandhi of dang due to his dedication to social work and honesty. His daughter Urmillaben Bhatt was known as white nun a mother Teresa of the region because of her selfless dedication in bringing education awareness in adivasi tribal kids.