Gondia

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{{short description|City in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gondia
| other_name = Gondiya
| nickname = Rice city
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India3#Asia
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Maharashtra]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.4598|N|80.195|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gondia district|Gondia]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Council]]
| governing_body = Gondia Municipal Council
| leader_title1 = District collector<ref>{{cite web |title=District Gondia - Collectorate |url=https://gondia.gov.in/collectorate/ |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref>
| leader_name1 = Nayana A. Gunde, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title2 = District Police Superintendent
| leader_name2 = Vishwa Pansare [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=ANI |title=Naxal hideout busted in Maharashtra’s Gondia district, explosives recovered |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/naxal-hideout-busted-in-maharashtras-gondia-district-explosives-recovered |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=Free Press Journal |date=27 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank = 1st in Gondia District
East Vidarbha: 4th
Vidarbha: 7th
| area_total_km2 = 55
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 300
| population_total = 132,821
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank = 354
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 441601,441614
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91-07182
| registration_plate = MH-35
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 991 per 1000 male. [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| website = {{URL|gondia.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| official_name =
}}

'''Gondia''' (also spelled '''Gondiya''') is a city and [[municipal council]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Maharashtra]] which serves the administrative headquarters of the eponymous [[Gondia District|administrative district]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gondia.nic.in|title=गोंदिया संकेतस्थळ|website=gondia.nic.in|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> Gondia is also known as ''Rice City'' due to the abundance of [[rice mill]]s in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/maharashtra/districts/gondia.htm|title=Gondia District Map|website=www.mapsofindia.com|date=25 April 2013|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>

Gondia is very close to the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and is considered the gateway to Maharashtra from central and eastern India. Gondia municipal council was established in 1920. At that time Gondia had only 10 wards population up to 20,000 and an area of 7.5 km<sup>2</sup>. Gondia has 42 wards, as well as population nearing up to 2 lakhs. The urbanization has crossed municipal limits merging into nearby villages like Kudwa, Katangi, Fulchur, Nagra, Karanja, Murri, Pindkepar, and Khamari. The Ministry of Urban Development has recently{{when|date=June 2018}} announced to merge 20 nearby villages into Gondia to give the city status of Municipal Corporation
. It is connected with [[National Highway (India)|National Highway]] 543 and 753.

==History==
The region is named after the [[Gondi people]], an [[Adivasi]] group in central India.

During [[British rule in India]], the [[Great Famine of 1876–78]] provided an opportunity for the construction of a {{convert|150|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} metre-gauge rail link called the [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]], connecting Nagpur with Rajnandgaon. Gondia railway station was created when this line began operation in December 1888. [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] (BNR) was formed in 1887 to upgrade and extend this line, and in 1902 BNR was contracted to provide a railway line from Gondia to Jabalpur with branches from Nainpur to Mandla as well as Nainpur to Seoni and Chhindwara. With these links and the commerce they brought, Gondia grew and prospered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/The_Roaring_Journey.pdf|title=The Roaring Journey|work=secr.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref>

==Economy==
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The city has a large number of rice mills and some small-scale tobacco and [[lac]] industries as well.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

== Climate ==
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{{Weather box
| location = Gondia (1981–2010, extremes 1946–2012)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 34.5
| Feb record high C = 38.5
| Mar record high C = 42.5
| Apr record high C = 46.1
| May record high C = 47.5
| Jun record high C = 47.5
| Jul record high C = 44.2
| Aug record high C = 38.4
| Sep record high C = 39.4
| Oct record high C = 38.0
| Nov record high C = 35.7
| Dec record high C = 35.1
| year record high C = 47.5
| Jan high C = 28.5
| Feb high C = 31.2
| Mar high C = 35.9
| Apr high C = 40.3
| May high C = 42.3
| Jun high C = 37.9
| Jul high C = 31.5
| Aug high C = 30.6
| Sep high C = 32.1
| Oct high C = 32.6
| Nov high C = 30.9
| Dec high C = 28.9
| year high C = 33.6
| Jan low C = 13.2
| Feb low C = 15.6
| Mar low C = 19.9
| Apr low C = 24.2
| May low C = 27.7
| Jun low C = 26.8
| Jul low C = 24.1
| Aug low C = 24.0
| Sep low C = 23.6
| Oct low C = 21.4
| Nov low C = 16.6
| Dec low C = 12.6
| year low C = 20.8
| Jan record low C = 6.6
| Feb record low C = 6.7
| Mar record low C = 11.4
| Apr record low C = 11.6
| May record low C = 13.8
| Jun record low C = 20.4
| Jul record low C = 19.8
| Aug record low C = 18.3
| Sep record low C = 19.2
| Oct record low C = 13.3
| Nov record low C = 8.5
| Dec record low C = 5.0
| year record low C = 5.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 24.3
| Feb rain mm = 22.9
| Mar rain mm = 13.9
| Apr rain mm = 8.8
| May rain mm = 10.6
| Jun rain mm = 180.5
| Jul rain mm = 386.1
| Aug rain mm = 374.5
| Sep rain mm = 177.6
| Oct rain mm = 46.5
| Nov rain mm = 13.6
| Dec rain mm = 11.4
| year rain mm = 1270.7
| Jan rain days = 1.4
| Feb rain days = 1.7
| Mar rain days = 1.4
| Apr rain days = 0.9
| May rain days = 1.0
| Jun rain days = 8.6
| Jul rain days = 16.2
| Aug rain days = 16.8
| Sep rain days = 8.9
| Oct rain days = 3.2
| Nov rain days = 0.6
| Dec rain days = 0.6
| year rain days = 61.4
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 48
| Feb humidity = 37
| Mar humidity = 30
| Apr humidity = 25
| May humidity = 25
| Jun humidity = 50
| Jul humidity = 73
| Aug humidity = 78
| Sep humidity = 71
| Oct humidity = 57
| Nov humidity = 51
| Dec humidity = 47
|year humidity = 50
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Gondia Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 293–294
| access-date = 5 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M142
| access-date = 5 April 2020}}</ref>
|source 2 = Government of Maharashtra<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/BHANDARA/gen_climate.html
| title = Climate and Seasons
| publisher = Government of Maharashtra
| access-date = 5 April 2020}}</ref>
|date = June 2012
}}

== Transportation ==

===Road===
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The Mumbai–Nagpur–Kolkata Road is the only national highway passing through the district, covering a total distance of 99.37 km (62 mi). Gondia is situated about 170 km by road from Nagpur of Vidarbha region. The district has road links to adjoining districts Chandrapur, Bhandara, Nagpur. The city is well connected by roads. It takes around 4 hours journey from Nagpur by State Transport Bus to reach Gondia. Gondia has bus connectivity to Jabalpur, Nagpur, Raipur and Hyderabad.

=== Rail ===
{{main|Gondia Junction railway station}}
[[File:Gondia map.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Gondia rail routes|alt=]]
Gondia Junction railway station is a junction in Maharashtra, with heavy passenger and goods traffic. It is an A-Grade station.

It lies on the [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line|Howrah–Mumbai route]]. The station has seven platforms, each with potable water, tea stalls, benches and waiting sheds. There is also a fruit stall and a bookstall. The station is equipped with air-conditioned waiting rooms for passengers travelling by upper [[Indian Railways#Classes of service|accommodation classes]] and a waiting hall for passengers travelling by lower accommodation classes.

The Gondia–[[Jabalpur Junction]] ([[Madhya Pradesh]]) section of [[South East Central Railway]] runs north–south, along the valley of the [[Wainganga River]]. The line was formerly [[narrow gauge]] (762 mm [2 ft 6 in]) along its entire length, but the section between Gondia and [[Balaghat]] was converted to broad gauge in 2005–2006,<ref>[[Railway Gazette International]] Supplement December 2007 p7</ref> connecting Balaghat to India's national broad-gauge network. Work is completed to convert the [[Jabalpur|Balaghat–Jabalpur]] section to broad gauge as well.

Railway milestones for Gondia include:
* 1888 – Gondia Railway Station was opened to the public.
* 1901 – [[Satpura Express]] began first class service.
* 1903 – The first portion of Gondia–Nainpur was opened.
* 1905 – Nainpur–Gondia line was extended to Jabalpur.
* 1908 – Gondia–Nagbhir–Nagpur line was opened for traffic. Mr. Manson was an agent of BNR at that time.
* 1990-91 – Paniajob–Gondia and Gondia–Bhandara Road sections were electrified.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title=History of Electrification|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
* 1999 – Gauge-converted Gondia–Balharshah line opened.
* 2005 – Gauge-converted Gondia–Balaghat section opened.

=== Airport ===
[[Gondia Airport]] is situated near Kamtha Village, {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} from Gondia.
This airstrip was built by the British in 1940, during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airstrips in Maharashtra |url=http://www.mahapwd.com/statistics/airstrips.htm |publisher=Maharashtra Public Works Department |access-date=1 April 2012 }}</ref> Initially run by the Public Works Department, it was taken over by the state-owned [[Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation]] (MIDC) from August 1998<ref>{{cite web |title=MIDC airports |url=http://midcindia.org/Pages/SectorialStrength.aspx#3 |access-date=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122747/http://www.midcindia.org/Pages/SectorialStrength.aspx#3 |archive-date=28 March 2012 }}</ref> to December 2005, after which it has been operated by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI). The airport's runway has been extended to {{convert|7,500|ft|m|order=flip}} to accommodate [[Airbus A-320]], [[Boeing 737]] and similar aircraft.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akola, Gondia next aviation hot spots |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-21/nagpur/27964352_1_gondia-akola-airport-national-flying-training-institute |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711090457/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-21/nagpur/27964352_1_gondia-akola-airport-national-flying-training-institute |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2012 |date= 27 November 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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|North = [[Balaghat]] (Madhya Pradesh)
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|East =
|Southeast = [[Amgaon]], [[Salekasa]]
|South = [[Goregaon, Gondia|Goregaon]], [[Sadak Arjuni]]
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|West = [[Tirora]]
|Northwest =
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