Bardoli, Gujarat, India

🇮🇳 Bardoli (બારડોલી; बारडोली) is a town and a municipality in the Surat Metropolitan Region. Situated in Southern Gujarat on the banks of the Mindhola River in Western India, it is located approximately 35 km east of Surat proper.

Geography Bardoli has an average elevation of 22 metres (72 feet).

Hazira-Bardoli Expressway Bardoli is located 35 km from Surat. Although owing to the traffic conditions that previously took an hour or so to reach Surat, the new Hazira-Bardoli Expressway reduces the commuting time to just 30 minutes.

Bardoli Satyagrah Bardoli taluka was selected to launch the civil disobedience campaign in 1922 but the event was later called off due to events in Chauri Chaura. The Bardoli Satyagraha movement was started in January 1928 after the land revenue in Bardoli taluka was increased by 30 percent. In February 1928, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was called to lead the movement. It was Bardoli satyagraha where Vallabhbhai Patel got the title "Sardar" by women. Patel set up 13 worker's camps in Bardoli to organize the movement.

Demographics Literacy rate of Bardoli city is 86.78% higher than state average of 78.03%. In Bardoli, male literacy is around 89.97% while female literacy rate is 83.47%.

Education There is no such GOVERNMENT colleges in bardoli tehsil.only a government Kumar and Kanya schools are situated in bardoli town and with tehsil few village have gov ITI colleges. There are several private schools for primary and secondary education. The city has major four college campuses. Out of those four one is solely a private campus under Uka Tarsadia University (UTU) and others are affiliated with Gujarat Technical University (GTU) and Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU). All the college campuses in the area are well facilitated with facilities like hostel, recreation, mess, etc. It's also a major destination for students of South Gujarat who are willing to get admission to a private university.

Running vocational courses at the undergraduate level is a unique feature of Bardoli. R. N. G. Patel Institute of Technology is running vocational courses for Software Development, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, and Production Technology. https://rngpit.ac.in/home. The institute has been established in 2010 as a Centre for Excellence. It is recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Ahmadabad. The institute is situated near Isroli-Afwa in Bardoli taluka of Surat District, about 4 km away from Bardoli Town. The institute provides students all possible infrastructure and educational facilities such as neat and airy classrooms, tutorial rooms, and fully equipped laboratories, language labs to empower them in communicative English, computer centre, library, workshop, playground, and canteen. The institute has emerged as a forerunner in the field of imparting quality education by touching peak heights of results by falling under state-level University ranking in the top 10, professional training and development, and good placements in multinational companies.