Kevadia
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| name = Ekta Nagar
| official_name = Ekta Nagar
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| other_name = Kevadia
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| settlement_type = Census town
| image_skyline = Statue of Unity - View from the other bank of Narmada.jpg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Gujarat
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Narmada
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| population_total = 6788
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Gujarati
| timezone1 = IST
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| registration_plate = GJ-22
| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
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Kevadia, now known as Ekta Nagar is a census town in Narmada district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is best known as the location of the Statue of Unity, the tallest statue in the world.{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/to-boost-tourism-gujarat-asks-states-to-build-bhavans-near-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-statue-5400028/|title=To boost tourism, Gujarat asks states to build bhavans near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel statue|date=2018-10-13|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-13|language=en-US|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013175424/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/to-boost-tourism-gujarat-asks-states-to-build-bhavans-near-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-statue-5400028/|url-status=live}} The town is also home to the Ekta Nagar railway station.
Demographics
{{As of|2001}} India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|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|archive-date=16 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|url-status=dead}} Ekta Nagar had a population of 12,705. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Ekta Nagar's average literacy rate was 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 85%, and female literacy 75%. Eleven percent of the population was under 6 years of age.
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