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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vansda
| other_name = Bansada, Bansda
| nickname =
| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline = Market street, Vansda, Gujarat India.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Market street
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|20.45|N|73.22|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Navsari district|Navsari]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 215
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 76
| population_total = 40382
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 396580
| registration_plate = GJ 21
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bilimora]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Vansda
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|cool]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
| footnotes =
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'''Vansda''', also known as '''Bansda''', is a city and a [[municipality]] in the [[Navsari district]] in the Indian State of [[Gujarat]], covering an area of 557 km².

Vansda is connected with [[Waghai]], [[Chikhli, Gujarat|Chikhli]], [[Saputara]], [[Nasik]], [[Vapi]], [[Dharampur, Gujarat|Dharampur]], [[Shamlaji]] by State highway. The nearest railway station is Unai, though only narrow-gauge trains pass through the station. The nearest railway station for broad-gauge trains is [[Bilimora]] Jn.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Vansda is a beautiful town of full social activities. The activities of [[Junior Chamber International]] is also running in Vansda Town with the name of JCI Vansda Royal founded by Mr. Amitsinh Desai.

Jaikishan, of the most successful Hindi film music director duo [[Shankar Jaikishan]] was born and brought up here.

Bansda was once the capital of [[Bansda State|Princely State of Bansda]] till 1949.<ref name="Gujarat1964">{{cite book|author=India (Republic). Superintendent of Census Operations, Gujarat|title=Surat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKEWAQAAMAAJ|access-date=27 February 2015|year=1964|publisher=Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State}}</ref> There is a Tower in Vansda which shows the royal heritage of Vansda. There is a Mosque near the Tower, and Nadir-shah Pir Dargah in Champawadi, which is visited by many Hindu and Muslim devotees.

==See also==
* [[Bansda State]]
* [[Janki van]]
* [[Vansda National Park]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Bansda}}
* [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/bansda.html Princely state - Bansda]
* [http://thomaskaka.webs.com/index.htm Charles Thomas 'Thomas kaka' of Vansda]
* [http://govtcollegevansda.com/MAIN.htm Govt. college, Vansda]
* [https://navsaridp.gujarat.gov.in/Navsari/taluka/vansda/index.htm Vansda Taluka Panchayat- Official webpage (Gujarati language)]

{{Navsari district}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Navsari district]]

{{Navsari-geo-stub}}

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