Kheda district Charotar | |
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Coordinates: 22°45′N72°41′E / 22.750°N 72.683°E | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
Headquarters | Kheda |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,299,885 |
Languages | |
• Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | GJ-07 |
Website | kheda |
Kheda District is one of the thirty-three districts of Gujarat state in western India. It is part of the region known as Charotar, consisting of Kheda and Anand districts. Its central city Nadiad is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Formerly known as Kaira district, it was divided in two with the southern part becoming Anand district in 1997. [1] The Charotar region of Kaira consisted of four talukas (sub-districts): Nadiad, Anand, Borsad, and Petlad. [2] When the district was divided, Nadiad Taluka went with Kheda district and the other three with Anand district. [3] Today, Kheda has eleven talukas. [4] Balasinor and Virpur, once in Kheda district, were moved to the newly formed Mahisagar district in 2013. [5]
During the Indian independence movement in the first half of the 20th century, the Patidars of the Charotar region and other areas in Kaira resisted the British in a number of standoffs, notably the Kaira anti-tax campaign of 1913, the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, the Borsad Satyagraha of 1923, [6] and the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928. [7]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 524,392 | — |
1911 | 514,019 | −0.20% |
1921 | 522,318 | +0.16% |
1931 | 568,276 | +0.85% |
1941 | 676,215 | +1.75% |
1951 | 816,050 | +1.90% |
1961 | 1,018,911 | +2.24% |
1971 | 1,277,630 | +2.29% |
1981 | 1,566,361 | +2.06% |
1991 | 1,798,282 | +1.39% |
2001 | 2,037,894 | +1.26% |
2011 | 2,299,885 | +1.22% |
source: [8] |
According to the 2011 census Kheda district has a population of 2,299,885, [9] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia [10] or the US state of New Mexico. [11] This gives it a ranking of 197th in India (out of a total of 640). [9] The district has a population density of 541 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,400/sq mi) . [9] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.81%. [9] Kheda has a sex ratio of 937 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 84.31%. [9]
The divided district had a population of 2,053,769, of which 474,041 (23.08%) lived in urban areas. The divided district had a sex ratio of 940 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 98,686 (4.81%) and 37,310 (1.82%) of the population respectively. [9]
Hindus are 1,780,801, while Muslims are 239,214 and Christians are 26,387. [12]
At the time of the 2011 census, 97.35% of the population spoke Gujarati and 2.01% Hindi as their first language. [13]
Since 2013, Kheda district has been divided into eleven taluka. [4]
District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks | |
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Kheda | 115 | Matar | Kalpeshbhai Parmar | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
116 | Nadiad | Pankajbhai Desai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
117 | Mehmedabad | Arjunsinh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
118 | Mahudha | Sanjaysinh Mahida | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
119 | Thasra | Yogendrasinh Parmar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
120 | Kapadvanj | Rajeshkumar Zala | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
121 | Balasinor | Mansinh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. The city is managed by the Nadiad Municipal Corporation. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir, the historic Swaminarayan temple built in 1824, and the Anand and Hari Om Ashram. Nadiad is the place where Shrimad Rajchandra composed Shri Atmasiddhi Shatra, a 142 verse spiritual treatise in 1895. Nadiad is located 90 kilometres (56 mi) away from Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat. It has a major railway junction and is a main station on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route. It is the birthplace of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. Nadiad Municipality was Founded in 1866.
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