Botad (district)

Botad district
State	Gujarat
Administrative headquarters :	Botad
Area :	2564 km²
Residents :	656.005 (2011)
Population density :	256 people / km²
Website :	botaddp.gujarat.gov.in

The Botad District is a district in Gujarat State in India . The city of the same name Botad is the capital of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 656,005 people.

history

The district emerged in 2013 from the Barwala and Ranpur sub-districts of the Ahmedabad district and the Botad and Gadhada sub-districts of the Bhavnagar district .

population

The number of Adivasi (scheduled castes) is relatively small at 43,270 people or 6.6 percent. The same applies to the indigenous people / "tribesmen" (scheduled tribes), to which only 1298 people (0.2 percent) belonged.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Botad district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was around 20 percent (19.8%). In those ten years the population increased by almost 110,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

Maa Khilamund Temple at Ranpur

The most populous place in the district is the district capital Botad with over 100,000 inhabitants. Other important cities are Gadhada, Barwala and Ranpur. With 209,542 people, the urban population makes up 31.94 percent of the total population.

District population by gender

In 2011, the district had more male than female residents, which is common in India. Of the 656,005 inhabitants, 337,234 (51.4 percent) were male and 318,771 female.

Population of the district by confession

Swaminarayan Temple in Gadhada

A clear vast majority of the population are Hindus. The Muslims and Jainas are significant minorities. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year	Buddhists		Christians		Hindus		Jainas		Muslims		Sikhs		Other		not specified		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	Residents	%
2011	66	0.01%	461	0.07%	612.159	93.32%	5,835	0.89%	37,066	5.65%	152	0.02%	15th	0.00%	251	0.04%	656.005	100.00%
Source: 2011 Indian Census

District population by language

Almost the entire population speaks Gujarati . Of the 656,005 inhabitants in the 2011 census, 653,748 people (99.66 percent) said Gujarati was the language. A small minority of 1,420 people (0.22 percent) speak Hindi . The speakers of Hindi are immigrants from other parts of India.

Literacy

The enrollment rate in the district has increased from decade to decade thanks to efforts by the administration. This is why the number of residents who are able to read has increased significantly in the past few decades. Yet there are huge differences. While illiteracy is an exception among men in urban areas, many rural women cannot read or write.

Literacy in the Botad district
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	412,386	73.16%
Men	238.184	82.54%
Women	174.202	63.32%
Source: 2011 census result

District Administration

Local administration

The district is divided into 4 talukas .

Taluka	Population (2001)	Population (2011)	Population (%) (2011)	Area (km²)	Surface (%)	Population density (2011)	main place
Barwala	67,301	75,986	11.58	486.40	18.97	156	Barwala
Botad	228.491	286,618	43.69	749.44	29.22	382	Botad
Gadhada	175,647	200,475	30.56	897.89	35.01	223	Gadhada
Ranpur	76.128	92,926	14.17	430.67	16.79	216	Ranpur

Web links

Commons : Botad District - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Profile on city population based on the 2011 census

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[1] Profile on city population based on the 2011 census