Jetpur, Navagadh

Jetpur
city
Jetpur Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Rajkot
Elevation	184 m (604 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	104,311
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	360370
Telephone code	(02823)
Vehicle registration	GJ-3
Nearest city	Virpur
Sex ratio	1:1 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Porbandar

Jetpur Navagadh (Kathi's) is a city and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Jetpur is a textile town in Rajkot District of Gujarat and is situated 30 km north of Junagadh and 70 km from Rajkot city in southwest towards Somnath. It is one of the largest centers for screen-printing, block printing and yarn dyeing workshops in the country. Jetpur is located on National Highway 8D.

As of 2011 India census, Jetpur Navagadh had a population of 118,302. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jetpur Navagadh has an average literacy rate of 98%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 98%, and female literacy is 97%. In Jetpur Navagadh, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The city is famous for cotton saree udyog and is major exporter of khanga and kitange (fabric used by native African for various use). The eminent Politician and notable resident of the city is Savjibhai Korat. Renowned industrialist Shri Gordhandas Karsanji Bosamia and Shri Chunilal Karsanji Bosamia of Jagdish Prints,who started and set up the first Textile Printing and Dyeing Industry in Jetpur & Ahmedabad were from this town itself.

The city is build-up at riverfront of the Bhadar. the city jetpur is known as the city of Mini Dubai because largest no of cotton printing work is done here. Jetpur is also known as "Capital of Kathiawad".

External links

• Jetpur – Dyeing and print processing hub in all Gujarat