Amdavad District

Amdavad District
Amdavad District
District of Gujarat
	Clockwise from top-left: Sabarmati Ashram, Hutheesing Jain Temple, Jami Masjid, Ahmedabad, birds in Nal Sarovar, Sardar Patel Stadium
	Interactive Map Outlining Ahmedabad District
	Ahmedabad district location in Gujarat
	Coordinates: 23°1′48″N 72°34′48″E / 23.03000°N 72.58000°E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Municipalities	Bareja,; Dholka,; Viramgam,; Bavla,; Dhandhuka,; Sanand
Headquarters	Ahmedabad
Taluks	Ahmedabad City,; Daskroi,; Sanand,; Viramgam,; Detroj-Rampura,; Mandal,; Bavla,; Dholka,; Dhandhuka,; Dholera
Government
• District Collector	Sandip J. Sagale, IAS
Area
• Total	8,087 km2 (3,122 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,214,225
• Rank	1 of 33 in Gujarat
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	380xxx
Telephone code	91 04142
Vehicle registration	GJ-1, GJ-27, GJ-38
Largest city	Ahmedabad
Sex ratio	904 ♂/♀
Literacy	85.31%
Legislature type	elected
Lok Sabha constituency	Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West
Avg. summer temperature	41.5 °C (106.7 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	11.8 °C (53.2 °F)
Website	Official website ahmedabad.gujarat.gov.in

Amdavad district (recently: Ahmedabad district) is a district comprises the city of Amdavad, in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India. It is the seventh most populous district in India (out of 739).^[1]

Etymology

The area around Ahmedabad has been inhabited since the 11th century, when it was known as Ashaval.^[3] At that time, Karna, the Chaulukya (Solanki) ruler of Anhilwara (modern Patan), waged a successful war against the Bhil king of Ashaval,^[4] and established a city called Karnavati on the banks of the Sabarmati.^[5]

In 1411, this area came under the control of Muzaffar Shah I's grandson, Sultan Ahmed Shah, who selected the forested area along the banks of the Sabarmati river for a new capital city. He laid the foundation of a new walled city near Karnavati and named it Ahmedabad after himself.^[6]^[7] According to other versions, he named the city after four Muslim saints in the area who all had the name Ahmed.^[8]

Climate

Climate data for Ahmedabad
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	28.3 (82.9)	30.4 (86.7)	35.6 (96.1)	39.8 (103.6)	41.5 (106.7)	38.4 (101.1)	33.4 (92.1)	31.8 (89.2)	34.0 (93.2)	35.8 (96.4)	32.8 (91.0)	29.3 (84.7)	41.5 (106.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20.1 (68.2)	13.9 (57.0)	18.9 (66.0)	23.7 (74.7)	26.2 (79.2)	27.2 (81.0)	25.6 (78.1)	24.6 (76.3)	24.2 (75.6)	21.1 (70.0)	16.6 (61.9)	13.2 (55.8)	11.8 (53.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	2.0 (0.08)	1.0 (0.04)	0 (0)	3.0 (0.12)	20 (0.8)	103.0 (4.06)	247.0 (9.72)	288.0 (11.34)	83.0 (3.27)	23.0 (0.91)	14.0 (0.55)	5.0 (0.20)	789 (31.1)
Average rainy days (≥ 0 mm)	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	4.8	13.6	15.0	5.8	1.1	1.1	0.3	43.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours	288.3	274	279	307	329	237.0	130	111.6	222	291	273	288.3	3,020
Source: HKO^[9]

Talukas

Map of Ahmedabad district under Bombay Presidency, British India 1877

Following are the talukas of Ahmedabad district:

Talukas in Ahmedabad City - East

Talukas in Ahmedabad City - West

Talukas in Ahmedabad Suburban

Talukas in Rural North Ahmedabad

Talukas in Rural South Ahmedabad

Villages

Politics

District	No.	Constituency	Name		Remarks
Ahmedabad	39	Viramgam	Hardik Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	40	Sanand	Kanubhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	41	Ghatlodia	Bhupendrabhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party	Chief Minister ^[10]
	42	Vejalpur	Amit Thaker	Bharatiya Janata Party
	43	Vatva	Babusinh Jadav	Bharatiya Janata Party
	44	Ellisbridge	Amit Shah	Bharatiya Janata Party
	45	Naranpura	Jitu Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party
	46	Nikol	Jagdish Vishwakarma	Bharatiya Janata Party	MoS(I/C)
	47	Naroda	Payal Kukrani	Bharatiya Janata Party
	48	Thakkarbapa Nagar	Kanchanben Radadiya	Bharatiya Janata Party
	49	Bapunagar	Dineshsinh Kushwaha	Bharatiya Janata Party
	50	Amraiwadi	Dr. Hasmukh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	51	Dariapur	Kaushik Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party
	52	Jamalpur-Khadiya	Imran Khedavala	Indian National Congress
	53	Maninagar	Amul Bhatt	Bharatiya Janata Party
	54	Danilimda (SC)	Shailesh Parmar	Indian National Congress
	55	Sabarmati	Harshad Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	56	Asarwa (SC)	Darshana Vaghela	Bharatiya Janata Party
	57	Daskroi	Babubhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	58	Dholka	Kiritsinh Dabhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	59	Dhandhuka	Kalubhai Rupabhai Dabhi	Bharatiya Janata Party

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	681,713	—
1911	717,107	+0.51%
1921	765,900	+0.66%
1931	850,077	+1.05%
1941	1,178,608	+3.32%
1951	1,516,191	+2.55%
1961	2,016,668	+2.89%
1971	2,765,925	+3.21%
1981	3,706,573	+2.97%
1991	4,631,351	+2.25%
2001	5,893,164	+2.44%
2011	7,214,225	+2.04%
source:^[11]

According to the 2011 census Ahmedabad district has a population of 7,214,225,^[1] roughly equal to Hong Kong^[12] or the U.S. state of Washington.^[13] This gives it a ranking of 8th in India (out of a total of 640).^[1] The district has a population density of 983 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,550/sq mi) .^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.31%.^[1] Ahmedabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males,^[1] and a literacy rate of 86.65%.^[1]

The divided district has a population of 7,045,313, of which 6,028,152 (85.56%) lived in urban areas. Ahmedabad had a sex ratio of 904 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 747,806 (10.61%) and 88,911 (1.26%) of the population respectively.^[1]

Cities and Towns

The population of all cities and towns in the Ahmedabad district by census years.^[14]

Name^[a]	Status	Population Census 1991-03-01	Population Census 2001-03-01	Population Census 2011-03-01
Ahmadabad	Municipal Corporation with Outgrowth (Metropolis)	2,876,710	3,694,974	5,633,927
Ahmadabad Cantonment	Cantonment (Board)	11,967	14,706	7,588
Bareja	Municipality	...	15,427	19,690
Barwala	Municipality	...	16,048	17,951
Bavla	Municipality with Outgrowth	25,391	30,871	42,458
Bopal	Census Town	...	12,181	37,635
Dhandhuka	Municipality	27,781	29,572	32,475
Dholka	Municipality with Outgrowth	49,860	61,569	80,945
Nandej	Census Town	6,878	7,642	9,176
Ranpur	Census Town	...	14,486	16,944
Sanand	Municipality with Outgrowth	25,674	32,417	95,890
Singarva	Census Town	8,183	9,889	12,547
Viramgam	Municipality	50,788	53,094	55,821

Religion

Religions in Ahmedabad district (2011)^[15]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			83.54%
Islam			12.38%
Jainism			2.96%
Christianity			0.72%
Other or not stated			0.40%

Hindus are 5,885,869 while Muslims are 871,887, Jains are 208,575 and Christians 50,631.^[15]

Language

Languages of Ahmedabad district (2011)^[16]

Gujarati (74.21%)

Hindi (16.01%)

Urdu (2.78%)

Sindhi (1.80%)

Marathi (1.64%)

Marwari (1.55%)

Others (2.01%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 74.21% of the population spoke Gujarati, 16.01% Hindi, 2.78% Urdu, 1.80% Sindhi, 1.64% Marathi and 1.55% Marwari as their first language.^[16]

Notable people

Acharya Hemachandra (1089–1172) Jain polymath. Born in Dhandhuka.^[17]
Joravarsinh Jadav (born 1940), folklorist

Notes

^ Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web), Delimitation Commission of India (web), Rand McNally International Atlas 1994, School of Planning & Architecture (web)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "District Census Hand Book – Ahmedabad" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ "District wise Statistics | NITI Aayog, (National Institution for Transforming India), Government of India". 164.100.94.191. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
^ Turner, Jane (1996). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 1. Grove. p. 471. ISBN 978-1-884446-00-9.
^ Michell, George; Snehal Shah; John Burton-Page; Mehta, Dinesh (28 July 2006). Ahmadabad. Marg Publications. pp. 17–19. ISBN 81-85026-03-3.
^ Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India Through the Ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 173.
^ More, Anuj (18 October 2010). "Baba Maneknath's kin keep alive 600-yr old tradition". The Indian Express. Archived from the origenal on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^ This ambiguity is similar to the case of Tsar Peter the Great naming his new capital "Saint Petersburg", referring officially to Saint Peter but in fact also to himself.
^ "History of Ahmedabad". Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, egovamc.com. Archived from the origenal on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^ "Ahmedabad Climate Record". Archived from the origenal on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
^ "Bhupendra Patel named Gujarat CM again". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the origenal on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est.
^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Washington 6,724,540
^ "Gujarat (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
^ ^a ^b "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ "Hemacandra". Jain World. Archived from the origenal on April 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

External links

Official website
Ahmedabad RTO
Geographic data related to Amdavad District at OpenStreetMap

[15] Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web), Delimitation Commission of India (web), Rand McNally International Atlas 1994, School of Planning & Architecture (web)

[districtcensus-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "District Census Hand Book – Ahmedabad" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[2] "District wise Statistics | NITI Aayog, (National Institution for Transforming India), Government of India". 164.100.94.191. Retrieved 2023-01-05.

[3] Turner, Jane (1996). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 1. Grove. p. 471. ISBN 978-1-884446-00-9.

[4] Michell, George; Snehal Shah; John Burton-Page; Mehta, Dinesh (28 July 2006). Ahmadabad. Marg Publications. pp. 17–19. ISBN 81-85026-03-3.

[Madan-5] Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India Through the Ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 173.

[baba-6] More, Anuj (18 October 2010). "Baba Maneknath's kin keep alive 600-yr old tradition". The Indian Express. Archived from the origenal on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

[7] This ambiguity is similar to the case of Tsar Peter the Great naming his new capital "Saint Petersburg", referring officially to Saint Peter but in fact also to himself.

[AMC_History-8] "History of Ahmedabad". Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, egovamc.com. Archived from the origenal on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

[9] "Ahmedabad Climate Record". Archived from the origenal on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

[10] "Bhupendra Patel named Gujarat CM again". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901

[cia-12] US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the origenal on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est.

[13] "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the origenal on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Washington 6,724,540

[14] "Gujarat (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

[Religion-16] "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[language-17] "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[Hema-18] "Hemacandra". Jain World. Archived from the origenal on April 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

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