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Gondia
Gondiya, Gundiya | |
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City | |
From top, left to right: Gondia Airport,Gondia Junction, Gateway (Taj) Hotel , Mini Eiffel Tower | |
| Nickname: Rice city | |
 Gondia in Maharashtra | |
| Coordinates: 21°27′35″N 80°11′42″E / 21.4598°N 80.195°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Maharashtra |
| District | Gondia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Gondia Municipal Council |
| • District collector[2] | Chinmay Gotmare, IAS |
| • District Police Superintendent | Nikhil N. Pingale IPS[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st in Gondia District Vidarbha: 5th |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 132,821 |
| • Rank | 1st in Gondia District Vidharbha: 5th |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Gondiakar |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 441601,441614 |
| Telephone code | +91-07182 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-35 |
| Official language | Marathi[3] |
| Literacy Rate | 93.70% |
| Sex ratio | 991 per 1000 male. ♂/♀ |
| HDI |  0.701 (Medium) |
| Website | gondia |
Gondia (also spelled as Gondiya, Marathi pronunciation: [ɡon̪d̪iaː]) is a city and headquarters of eponymous Gondia District in Maharashtra, India.[4] Gondia is also known as Rice City due to the abundance of rice mills in the area.[5][failed verification] Gondia Airport (also known as Birsi airport) is the only airport in the district.
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- ^ "District Gondia - Collectorate". Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "गोंदिया संकेतस्थळ". gondia.nic.in. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Rice city".