Jasdan
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Gujarat
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Rajkot
| established_title = Established
| established_date = {{start date and age|1665}}
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| elevation_m = 193
| population_total = 101043 {{cite web |title=Jasdan Population Census 2011 |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/802503-jasdan-gujarat.html |website=census2011 |publisher=census |access-date=2 August 2018}}
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| postal_code = 360050
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Jasdan is a city and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Jasdan is the biggest sub district in the Rajkot district. Jasdan city has its own Municipality that is known as "Jasdan Municipality" JMP.
Princely State of Jasdan
{{main article|Jasdan State}}
Jasdan was a princely state in British India in the Saurashtra region. It was founded before 1665 and ruled by the Kathi Kshatriya dynasty.{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat1.html|title=Indian states before 1947 A-J|website=rulers.org}}{{cite web |url=http://jasdan.in/about-jasdan/history-of-jasdan/ |title=જસદણનો ઈતિહાસ, history of jasdan Jasdan |website=jasdan.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131005307/http://jasdan.in/about-jasdan/history-of-jasdan/ |archive-date=2016-01-31}}
- 1806 Vajsur Khachar
- 1852 - 1919 Ala Chela Khachar Shri Vajdur Oda
- 11 Jun 1919 – 15 Aug 1947 Darbar Shri Khachar Shri Ala Vajsur (b. 1905)
Geography
Jasdan is located at {{Coord|22.03|N|71.2|E|}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/09/Jasdan.html |title=Jasdan, India Page |website=www.fallingrain.com}} It has an average elevation of 293 metres (1633 feet). Jasdan is the biggest Taluka place in Rajkot district and has 103 villages. Geographically it is the heart of the Mandava Hills from where most of the rivers of Saurashtra region originate and then flow to the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Kutchh and Gulf of Khambhat.
The world-famous Hingolgadh sanctuary is located near Jasdan
city{{cite web |url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/12/241 |title=Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuary, Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajkot, Tourism Hubs, Gujarat, India |website=www.gujarattourism.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831102818/http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/12/241 |archive-date=2014-08-31}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.geerfoundation.gujarat.gov.in/parks_hingo.htm |title=Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuaries| Parks & Sanctuaries | GEER Foundation |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-date=16 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616203407/http://www.geerfoundation.gujarat.gov.in/parks_hingo.htm |url-status=dead }} Hingolgadh Palace located in the sanctuary near Jasdan city's "Jasdan-Ahmedabaad highway".Hingolgadh is now a heritage hotel.{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritagehotels.com/heritage-hotels-india/gujarat/Hingolgadh-Palace-Jasdan.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008161249/http://www.heritagehotels.com/heritage-hotels-india/gujarat/Hingolgadh-Palace-Jasdan.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://rajkot.rajkotjoy.com/placesdetail.php?name=hingolgadh-palace&id=25 |title=Sharda Future Tech, Fryums, Papad Pipe, Manufacturers, Snacks, Machine, Exporters, Rajkot, Gujarat, India, Asia |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805144123/http://rajkot.rajkotjoy.com/placesdetail.php?name=hingolgadh-palace&id=25 |url-status=dead }}
Shree Batuk Hanumanji Temple, Shree Gupteshwar Mahadev Temple, Bileshwar Mahadev temple and the sprawling Swaminarayan temple are some of the other religious places in town.{{cite web |url=http://jasdan.in/category/%E0%AA%A7%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95-%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%BE-%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%9F%E0%AA%A8-%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%B3%E0%AB%8B/ |title=ધાર્મિક તથા પર્યટન સ્થળો Archives - જસદણ Jasdan |website=jasdan.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130083752/http://jasdan.in/category/%e0%aa%a7%e0%aa%be%e0%aa%b0%e0%ab%8d%e0%aa%ae%e0%aa%bf%e0%aa%95-%e0%aa%a4%e0%aa%a5%e0%aa%be-%e0%aa%aa%e0%aa%b0%e0%ab%8d%e0%aa%af%e0%aa%9f%e0%aa%a8-%e0%aa%b8%e0%ab%8d%e0%aa%a5%e0%aa%b3%e0%ab%8b/ |archive-date=2016-01-30}}
Ancient Ghela Somnath Temple located Easterly in serene environs about 19 km far from Jasdon is very popular.{{cite web |url=http://jasdan.in/ghela-somnath-mahadev-mandir-som-pipaliya-jasdan |title=ઘેલા સોમનાથ મહાદેવ મંદિર – સોમ પીપળીયા[Ghela Somnath Mahadev Mandir - Som Pipaliya] - જસદણ Jasdan |website=jasdan.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130183815/http://jasdan.in/ghela-somnath-mahadev-mandir-som-pipaliya-jasdan/ |archive-date=2016-01-30}}
The Ghela river is also considered sacred by Swaminarayan followers.
Demographics
At the 2001 India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Jasdan had a population of 80,000. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Jasdan had an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 74%, and female literacy 60%. 15% of the population were under 6 years of age.