Jhulasan
Jhulasan(ઝુલાસણ) | |
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village | |
 Interactive map of Jhulasan(ઝુલાસણ) | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Mehsana |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indian |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 5,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 382705 |
| Vehicle registration | GJ-02 |
| Nearest city | Kalol, Ahmedabad |
| Website | gujaratindia |
Jhulasan (Gujarati: ઝુલાસણ Jhulāsaṇ) is a village located in district of Mehsana, Kadi Taluka in the state of Gujarat, India.
Name
[edit]According to Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia, the name Jhulāsaṇ may be identical to the Kūlāvasaṇa mentioned in medieval epigraphy. Assuming this is the case, then the name is ultimately derived from Sanskrit vasaṇa, meaning "dwelling" or "residence" (of either an individual or a group).[1]: 69–70 There is another belief that some travelers were going from one place to another and decided to rest at this place and made Jula, (swing hanging from the branch of a tree) and liked the place and decided to settle down so they gave the name of this place Jhulasan.[citation needed]
Demographics
[edit]It has a population of about 5,000. The majority of the residents are farmers. More than 2500 people from Jhulasan have migrated to the USA and Canada. Other families have migrated to the nearby cities of Kalol, Ahmedabad, and Gandhinagar.
American astronaut Sunita Williams (Pandya)' father, Deepakbhai Pandya, a doctor in Boston, migrated to the USA in the early 1960s.[2][3]
Transport
[edit]Jhulasan railway station is the nearest railway station situated on Ahmedabad–Jaipur railway line.[4]
Background
[edit]Jhulasan is one of the most developed villages in Kadi Taluka, district Mehsana of Gujarat state, in India. The majority of the population in this village are Patels. Thakor, Prajapati, Raval, Rabari, Gajjars, Suthars, Barots, and Ravals are minorities. About 350 families, have migrated to USA and Canada.[citation needed]
Temples
[edit]There are many large temples in this village. The Dola Mata (goddess) temple is the biggest one and is worldwide popular.[3] There is a Swaminarayan Temple (Under Nar Narayan Dev Gadi), Radha Vallabh Temple (Radhe Radhe), Ramji Mandir, Sat Kaival Ashram, Gogleshvar Mahadev, Nilkantheswar Mahadev Temple (Mahadev Vas) with Shitla Mata and Hanuman Temple, Pipaleshavar Mahadev Temple, Narayan Mahadev Temple, Varahi Mata Temple, Vihat Mata Temple and few other temples.
Education
[edit]- Jhulasan Anupam Prathmik Shala
- Jhulasan Prathmik School
- C. P. Gajjar High School
References
[edit]- ↑ Sankalia, Hasmukh Dhirajlal (1949). Studies in the Historical and Cultural Geography and Ethnography of Gujarat. Pune: Deccan College. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ↑ "Sunita Williams visits her ancestral village in Gujarat". 21 September 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- 1 2 Yagnik, Bharat (4 April 2013). "In Sunita Williams's native village, goddess Dola Mataji is a Muslim woman". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "JUL/Jhulasan". Retrieved 2 June 2026.