Gondiya

Gondiya

Gondia (also spelled Gondiya) is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra which serves the administrative headquarters of the eponymous administrative district.[4] Gondia is also known as Rice City due to the abundance of rice mills in the area.[5][failed verification] Gondia Airport is the only airport in the district. The region is named after the Gondi people, an Adivasi group in central India. During British Rule , Proprietor of Gondia was Ponwar Rajpoot.[6]