Kheda district

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Kheda district
Charotar
District of Gujarat
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Clockwise from top-left: Galteshwar Mahadev Temple, Ranchhodji Temple, Dakor, Elim Church, Nadiad, Swaminarayan Temple, Vadtal, Vatrak River at Sarsavani
Kheda district
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Location of district in Gujarat
Coordinates: 22°45′N72°41′E / 22.750°N 72.683°E / 22.750; 72.683
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Gujarat
Headquarters Kheda
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,299,885
Languages
 • Official Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration GJ-07
Website kheda.nic.in

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.

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History

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Kaira district (1855)

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]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901524,392—    
1911514,019−0.20%
1921522,318+0.16%
1931568,276+0.85%
1941676,215+1.75%
1951816,050+1.90%
19611,018,911+2.24%
19711,277,630+2.29%
19811,566,361+2.06%
19911,798,282+1.39%
20012,037,894+1.26%
20112,299,885+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]

Religions in Kheda district (2011) [12]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
86.71%
Islam
 
11.65%
Christianity
 
1.28%
Other or not stated
 
0.36%

Hindus are 1,780,801, while Muslims are 239,214 and Christians are 26,387. [12]

Language

Languages of Kheda district (2011) [13]

   Gujarati (97.35%)
   Hindi (1.88%)
   Sindhi (0.24%)
   Marathi (0.15%)
   Urdu (0.10%)
   Marwari (0.09%)
  Others (0.19%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 97.35% of the population spoke Gujarati and 2.01% Hindi as their first language. [13]

Administrative divisions

Since 2013, Kheda district has been divided into eleven taluka. [4]

  1. Nadiad (city)
  2. Thasra (code 03878), city of Dakor, villages include Kalsar,
  3. Kapadvanj, villages include Abvel, Antroli, Ghadiya, Telnar
  4. Mehmedabad (Mahemdavad), headquartered in the town of Mahemdavad, villages include Haldarvas, Kanij, Sarsavani
  5. Kathlal, villages include Anara, Bajakapura
  6. Matar, headquartered in Matar village, villages include Asamali
  7. Mahudha, headquartered in the municipality of Mahisa, Mahudha, villages include Heranj
  8. Kheda, villages include Dedarda, Vavdi
  9. Nadiad (rural), villages include Davda
  10. Galteshwar (271.28 km2 [104.74 sq mi], villages include Anghadi, Kuni, Pali
  11. Vaso, headquartered in Vaso, villages include Palana, Rampur (Rampura), Gangapur, Kheda

Politics

DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyRemarks
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

Notable people

See also

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  6. ↑ Satyagraha means the nonviolent resistance popularised by Gandhi. Gandhi, Mahatma K. (1951). Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha). New York: Schocken. p.  189–190. OCLC   606004619.
  7. ↑ Heredia 1997 , p. 10
  8. ↑ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
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