Kheda
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Kheda is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kheda was known as Kaira during the British Raj. It was the former administrative capital of Kheda district. The city is known for tobacco farming. The nearest railway station is and the nearest airport is Ahmedabad Airport.
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- Kheda
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- Charotar Region
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- Kaira
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- City
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- City of Golden Leaf
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- India Gujarat#India3
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- right
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- Country
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- State
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- District
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- Gujarat
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- Kheda
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- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 21
- Settlement.population_total
- 102,587
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- 2011
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- auto
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- Elevation
- 21
- Dialing code
- 2694
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- postal code
- 387411
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- History
- Koli Rebellion Of Kheda
- Geography
- Population
- Demographics
- Castes and Clans
- Visiting places
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Kheda is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kheda was known as Kaira during the British Raj. It was the former administrative capital of Kheda district. The city is known for tobacco farming. The nearest railway station is and the nearest airport is Ahmedabad Airport.
== History == The name Kheda originated from the Sanskrit term Kshetra (). Khetaka is used as a name of a region surrounding the place in ancient literature. It is also mentioned as a town from 12th to 17th century. Ganapatha (dated 2nd century BCE), one of the five volumes of Pāṇini' s grammar mentions Khetaka as a name of the region. It is also mentioned as Divyanagar in 133rd chapter of Padmapurana. The 7th and 8th century copper-plates of Maitraka dynasty mentions Khetaka as an administrative division as well as there are mentions of it as a place of Brahmin residence and a Rashtrakuta-controlled town in other copper-plates. There were about 750 villages under that administrative division. It is also mentioned in Nimbavati story of Dashakumaracharita, Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Merutunga's Prabandhachintamani (1305 CE), Puratana-prabandha-sangraha (before 15th century, multiple authors) and Jinaprabha's Vividh-tirtha-kalpa (c. 1332 CE).
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