Kukarmunda

Kukarmunda
Neighbourhood
Kukarmunda Location in Gujarat, India Kukarmunda Kukarmunda (India) Kukarmunda Kukarmunda (Asia)
Coordinates: 21°31′N 74°08′E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Tapi District
Government
• Type	Taluka Panchayat
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Area
• Total	200 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	60,598
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	394380
Telephone code	912628-XXXXXX
Vehicle registration	GJ26
Spoken languages	Adivasi,Ahirani,Gujjar,Marathi
Lok Sabha constituency	Surat
Civic agency	Surat Municipal Corporation
Website	gujaratindia.com

Kukarmunda (Template:Lang-gu) is one of seven Tehsils of Tapi district in South-Eastern Gujarat. Originally Kukarmunda was a village and its tehsil Nizar the government separated Tapi district from Surat in the year 2007, Kukarmunda became a tehsil in year 2014 and separated from Nizar taluka by Ex.Chief Minister of Gujarat Smt.Anandiben Patel.The distance between Kukarmunda and Vyara is about 110 km and Surat is about 178 km. Kukarmunda shares a border with Akkalkuwa Taloda and Shahada tehsil of Nandurbar district of Maharashtra.Total area of Kukarmunda Town is 0.82 km²

Transport

Kukarmunda is well connected with Gujarat SH-198 and NH-720B(2 km).

Bus: Kukarmunda is connected with GSRTC and MSRTC buses. Kukarmunda Fata 2 km far from Kukarmunda from there MSRTC buses for Mumbai,Pune,Aurangabad,Burhanpur(M.P) are directly available.

GSRTC Buses

• Kukarmunda-Surat
• Kukarmunda-Valsad
• Kukarmunda-Navsari
• Kukarmunda-Surat(Mandvi,Umarpada)

MSRTC buses

• Akkalkuwa-Nandurbar
• Khapar-Nandurbar
• Selamba-Nandurbar

has official stop in Kukarmunda

Railway: Nandurbar railway station is nearest railway station from Kukarmunda about 28 km and major railway station are Surat, Vadodra, Jalgaon, Bhusawal

Air: Surat Airport is nearest airport from kukarmunda (178 km) and other is Vadodara Airport,International airports is Ahmedabad international airport(290 km) Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai(400 km)

Distance from Major Cities

• Gandhinagar-312 km (Capital City)
• Dhule-121 km
• Ankleshwar-134 km
• Bharuch-145 km
• Surat-178 km
• Vadodra-182 km
• Jalgaon-182 km
• Nashik-252 km
• Indore-283 km
• Ahmedabad-290 km
• Mumbai-400 km
• Pune-458 km
• Rajkot-494 km

Nearest Towns and Cities

• Taloda-11 km
• Akkalkuwa-13 km
• Nizar-17 km
• Nandurbar-28 km
• Shahada-49 km
• Dadiapada-64 km
• Dondaicha-64 km
• Khetia-71 km
• Songadh-90 km
• Shirpur-100 km

Tourist Places near from Kukarmunda

• Statue of Unity-134 km
• Saputara-162 km
• Toranmal Hill Station-83 km
• Purna Wildlife Senctuary-89 km
• Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Senctuary-79 km
• Nilkanthdham Poicha-125 km

Culture

Ramnavmi Celebration:

Kukarmunda is vary famous for Ramnavmi celebration the hanumanta idol presented by Tulsidasji to Janjasvant swami is present in Ram Mandir of Jasvant Chowk. Every year at evening people came to worship the idol and at night, people guarded ( હુંબી ચોકી)and some do guarding by sitting (બેઠેલી ચોકી). At early morning 4:00 AM one person gets up himself as Lord Hanumanta and then Prasad is distributed to all and the ceremony ends.

Saint Dagaji Maharaj Dindi:

Every year pilgrims travels from Chopala (Maharashtra) to Asha(Gujarat). One night they stay at Kukarmunda.

Dashavtar:

Every year Dashavtar celebrated in Kukarmunda in Swami Samartha Temple area there are holy wooden mask of lord Hanuman, Garuda, Varah Avtar, Nursing Avtar, Ambe Mata and Mahisasur were worn by people's this was going on for about 8–10 days in night and on last day Mahisasur and Ambee Matas fight occurs. It was believed that wooden mask were found from banks of river Tapi but after COVID-19 it was stopped.

Tripurari Poornima Celebration

This day is come in days of Diwali in Holy Shiva Temple people meet up at evening to worship Loard Shiva.

Khandoji Maharaj Palkhi

Khandoji Maharaj took Samadhi in kukarmunda Every year in early morning from Khandoji Maharaj Temple palkhi was decorated and it travelled in whole village in early morning people worship idol of Khandoji Maharaj.

Kukarmunda Fair

Kukarmunda Fair is very famous held in April month every year it goes for 5 to 7 days.

Traditional Festival

Majority population of Kukarmunda is Adivasi so many Traditional festival was celebrated by regional people in their regional dresses and languages.

Facility

• Hospital:

Kukarmunda Civil Hospital with Ambulance Service

• Market:

APMC (Agriculture Produce Market Committee) Market

• Government offices:
• Kukarmunda Taluka Panchayat
• Group Gram Panchayat Fulwadi(Kukarmunda)
• Taluka Seva Sadan
• Police Station Kukarmunda
• Hotels:

Vishram Gruh is located in kukarmunda nebour Taluka seva Sadan including VIP rooms normal rooms.

• Petrol Pump:

No Petrol Pump is located in Kukarmunda nearest Petrol Pump at Ashrava(5KM) or Velda Tanki(9KM)

• Bus Stand:

Bus Stand is located near highway.

• Main occupation:
• Farming
• Animal Husbandry

Education

• Kukarmunda Primary School
• SK Kapadia School
• Shri Saraswati Vidhalaya(Secondary school)
• Tapi Nursary School,English Medium
• ITI Kukarmunda

There is No any Collage or Higher School located.

Geography

Kukarmunda is Situated on Tapi River Basin on South of Satpura Range.

Coordinates: 21°31′N 74°08′E Evolution: 400 ft from mean sea level

Banks

In Kukarmunda

• Bank of Baroda
• Surat district cooperative Bank
• Fincare small Finance Bank

Other Banks near Kukarmunda

• HDFC Bank,Akkalkuwa Branch(13 km)
• SBI Bank,Nizar Branch(17 km)
• CBI Bank,Taloda Branch(11 km)
• ICICI Bank,Nandurbar Branch(28 km)
• Axix Bank,Nandurbar Branch(28 km)
• Pujab National Bank,Nandurbar Branch(28 km)

Villages of Kukarmunda Taluka

• Akkalutar
• Amode Tarfe Satone
• Amode Tarfe Talode
• Aste Tarfe Budhaval
• Ashrava
• Ashapur
• Bahurupa
• Balambe
• Balde
• Bej
• Bhamsal
• Borikuwa
• Chirmati
• Chokhiamli
• Dabriamba
• Fulwadi
• Gadid
• Gangtha
• Gorasa
• Hathode
• Hol
• Itwai
• Jhapampi-alis Jhampa Amli
• Jhumkathi
• Kelani
• Kevdamoi
• Kondraj
• Kukarmunda
• Korala
• Mataval
• Medhpur
• Modale
• Moramba
• Nimbhore
• Parod
• Pati
• Patipada
• PIPLASH
• Pishavar
• Rajpur
• Ranaichi
• Sadagvan
• Satola
• Taranda
• Tulse
• Ubhad
• Umja
• Untavad
• Varpada
• Ziribeda

Rivers

Tapi river is major river of kukarmunda about 4 km and also water source of town.

Religious Places

In Kukarmunda:

• Shri Swami Samartha Kendra
• Pati Mata Temple
• Khandoji Maharaj Temple
• Shri Rama Mandir
• Valhari Mata Temple
• Saibaba Temple
• ISKCON(International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
• Kukarmunda Mosque

Nearest Pilgrimage Places:

• Astamba-38 km
• Devmogra-50 km
• Kuber Bhenderi Temple,Karnali-135 km
• Pavagadh-211 km
• Ranchhodray Temple,Dakore-251 km