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 (also known as Birsi 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]