Gariadhar is a city and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Bhavnagar district in the state of

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Geography

Gariadhar is located at . It has an average elevation of 83 metres (272 feet).

Demographics

India

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, Gariadhar had a population of 30,520. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Gariadhar has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 56%. In Gariadhar, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Its food gathiya and kali કળી is a very famous product in Gujarat.

People from Gariadhar

Gariadhar is famous for being the home town the saint Valamram, disciple of

Bhoja Bhagat Bhoja Bhagat (1785–1850), also known as Bhojal or Bhojalram, was a Hindu saint poet from Gujarat, India. Life Bhoja or Bhojo was born in 1785 in Leuva Patidar caste at village named Devkigalol near Jetpur, Navagadh, Jetpur in Saurashtra (reg ...

, whose

ashram An ashram (, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions, not including Buddhism. Etymology The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (< samadhi Statue of a meditating Rishikesh.html" ;"title="Shiva, Rishikesh">Shiva, Rishikesh ''Samādhi'' (Pali and ), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious traditions, the cultivati ...

is located here.

References

{{Bhavnagar district Cities and towns in Bhavnagar district