Guna | |
Other Name: | Gwalior United National Army |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | India Madhya Pradesh#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madhya Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 24.65°N 77.32°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Guna |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Gwalior Chambal |
Subdivision Type4: | Division |
Subdivision Name4: | Gwalior |
Founder: | Scindia Dynasty |
Leader Title: | Collector |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 84 |
Elevation M: | 474 |
Population Total: | 180935 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 2155 |
Demographics Type1: | Language |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi[1] |
Postal Code Type: | Pin code |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 473001 |
Timezone1: | IST |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 07542 |
Registration Plate: | MP-08 |
Iso Code: | IN-MP |
Guna (Gwalior United National Army)[2] is a city and a municipality in Guna district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Guna District under Gwalior Division and is located on the banks of Parbati river.
Guna was founded and rose to prominence in the mid-19th century when it became a military station for the Gwalior Cavalry. The presiding Hindu deity of Guna is Hanuman, whose temples are located to the east and west of the city. Jain temples in and around Guna are also an important sites.[3] Being a historical hot spot, Guna is home to a number of religious temples, forts, monuments, architecture etc.
Guna is located at .[4] It has an average elevation of 474 metres (1555 ft).
See also: List of cities in Madhya Pradesh. As of 2011 Indian Census, Guna had a total population of 180,935, of which 94,464 were males and 86,471 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 24,447. The total number of literates in Guna was 125,295, which constituted 69.2% of the population with male literacy of 75.3% and female literacy of 62.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Guna was 80.1%, of which male literacy rate was 87.2% and female literacy rate was 72.3%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 27,631 and 3,623 respectively. Guna had 34383 households in 2011.[5]
India census, Guna has a population of 137,132. Males constitute 52.8% of the population and females 47.2%. Total number of literates was 91,322, giving a crude literacy rate 66.6% and an effective literacy rate of 78.4%. In Guna, a population of 20,648 (15%) was in the age range of 0–6 years.[6]
For higher education engineering private college Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology (JUET) situated near guna around 35 km.
The city has several colleges affiliated with Jiwaji University in Gwalior.
Guna district is leading for agriculture. Due to Guna being situated in the region of Sindh and Parvati rivers, the land here is fertile. Guna ranks first in the production of jowar and coriander.Wheat, sorghum (jowar), legumes, corn (maize), and oilseeds are the major crops grown in the surrounding area.
The main industries in Guna are cigarette making, cement, bicycle manufacturing, cotton ginning, oilseed milling, and hand-loom weaving.In Vijaipur of Guna District some factories are available like:[10] [11]
Guna is well connected by road railway and Airway .