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{{Infobox settlement
| 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
| coordinates        = {{coord|21.875|73.691|display=inline,title}}
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| 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  = [[Narmada district|Narmada]]
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| unit_pref          = Metric
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| population_total   = 6788
| population_as_of   = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1        = +5:30
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| registration_plate = GJ-22
| website            = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
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'''Kevadiya''', now known as '''Ekta Nagar''' is a [[census town]] in [[Narmada district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]]. The town is best known as the location of the [[Statue of Unity]], the tallest statue in the world.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The town is also home to the [[Ekta Nagar railway station]].
==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.
==Tourist attractions==
* ''[[Statue of Unity]]''
* Valley of Flowers
* Nutrition Park
* Sardar Patel Zoological Park
* Narmada Tent City<ref name="auto">https://www.india.com/news-travel/heres-why-you-must-experience-the-narmada-tent-city-in-Ekta Nagar-3541627/</ref>
* Butterfly Park
* [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]]<ref name="auto"/>
* [[Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==See also==
*[[List of cities and towns in India]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Narmada district]]