Rajkot (District)

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Rajkot district
District map
State Gujarat
Administrative headquarters : Rajkot
Area : 11,198 km²
Residents : 3,804,558 (2011)
Population density : 340 inhabitants / km²
Website : District website

The Rajkot District ( Gujarati : રાજકોટ જિલ્લો ) is one of 26 districts of the Gujarat state in India . The city of the same name Rajkot is the capital of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 3,804,558 people.

history

From pre-Christian times until 1472 the area - like the whole region - was ruled by various Buddhist and Hindu rulers. The first civilization was the Indus culture . The area was ruled by the Rajputs in the Middle Ages and was involved in constant battles with Muslim armies of various dynasties ( Sultanate of Delhi , Sultanate of Gujarat ). But only the Mughals could at least nominally occupy the area. In 1620, Thakur Sahib Vibhaji Ajoji from the royal family of the Rajputs of Nawanagar founded the Rajkot principality and thus ended the rule of the Great Mughals. In the 18th century, the principality resisted integration into the Marathas Empire . Despite constant fighting with the Marathas, it remained an independent princely state until 1807, when Rajkot State became a British protectorate. From 1818 to 1947 it belonged as an independent prince state to the Halar Prant within the Kathiawar Agency and thus administratively to the British administrative region of Bombay Presidency . On August 15, 1947, Rajkot became a member of the Saurashtra State Union and on February 15, 1948 it joined India. The Rajkot district only became part of the Bombay state again with the dissolution of the Saurashtra state in 1956 . In 1960 this Indian state was divided and the area came to the newly created state of Gujarat. The district was enlarged after the end of British rule and the emergence of Saurashtra State and from Rajkot State to Rajkot District.

population

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Rajkot district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001-2011 was around 20 percent (20.02%). In those ten years the population increased by more than 630,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

Street scene in Rajkot

The most populous town in the district is Rajkot with almost 1.4 million inhabitants. Other major cities are Morvi , Jetpur Navagadh and Gondal . Other important cities with a population of more than 20,000 people are Dhoraji , Upleta , Kotharia , Jasdan and Wankaner . The urban population makes up 58.19 percent of the total population.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census
  2. ^ History of the Rajkot State up to 1900 in the Imperial Gazeteer Of India
  3. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population

Coordinates: 22 ° 12 '  N , 70 ° 47'  E