Sabarkantha (District)

Sabarkantha District
State	Gujarat
Administrative headquarters :	Himatnagar
Area :	5,390 km²
Residents :	2,428,589 (2011)
Population density :	451 inhabitants / km²
Website :	[1]

The Sabarkantha District ( Gujarati : રાજકોટ જિલ્લો ) is a district in the state of Gujarat in India . The city of Himatnagar is the capital of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 2,428,589 people.

geography

The district is located in the north of the state of Gujarat on the border with Rajasthan . In the north, northeast and east it borders on the districts in the state of Rajasthan. In the west Sabarkantha is bordered by the districts of Banaskantha and Mehsana district , in the southwest by the district of Gandhinagar , in the south by the district of Kheda and in the southeast by the district of Panchmahal . It consists of several topographically different areas. In the northwest of the district lies the Idar Upland (highlands of Idar). In the north and east of the area lies Sabar Kantha Aravalli , which consists of valleys and hills. Sabarmati Plain (Plain of Sabarmathi) and Khari Plain (Plain of Khari) occupy the southwest part of Sabarkantha. In the central south lies Vatrak Meshwa and Majham Plain , a plain with wooded hills.

history

The area has been settled for a long time. Historically, it shared the fate of the neighboring regions. For example, today's main town was founded in 1426 by Sultan Ahmed I as a bulwark against the Raos of Idar. In 1848 this city, then called Ahmednagar, was conquered by Hindus under the leadership of Prince Himatsinhji of Idar and renamed Himatnagar.

The current district of Sabarkantha was founded in 1949 from numerous principalities (princely states) and parts of the former Ahmadabad district.

population

The last census in 2011 counted 2,428,589 inhabitants. Of these, 1,244,231 were men (51.23 percent) and 1,184,358 were women. Among the Dalits were 2011 187.685 (7.73 percent), the Adivasi 542,156 (22.32 percent) people. Of the total number of residents, only 363,720 people (14.98 percent) lived in urban areas in 2011. Thus almost 6 out of 7 inhabitants still lived in the country.

District population by gender

As in many parts of India, the percentage of the female population has decreased at times over the past few decades. Nevertheless, the fluctuations within the sexes are within a small range by Indian standards (proportion of women between 48.66 and 49.39% since independence).

Distribution of the population by gender in the Sabarkantha district
	1951 census		1961 census		1971 census		1981 census		1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	684.017	100%	918,587	100%	1,187,637	100%	1,502,284	100%	1,761,086	100%	2,082,531	100%	2,428,589	100%
Men	346,774	50.70%	470.224	51.19%	604,546	50.90%	760.381	50.61%	896.010	50.88%	1,069,554	51.34%	1,244,231	51.23%
Women	337.243	49.30%	448,363	48.81%	583.091	49.10%	741.903	49.39%	865.076	49.12%	1,012,977	48.66%	1,184,358	48.77%

District population by language

The majority of the population of Sabarkantha District speaks Gujarati . Language minorities with more than 10,000 speakers were Bhilodi, Garasia (both belong to the Bhil languages) and Hindi.

year	Gujarati		Bhilodi		Garasia		Hindi		Urdu		Other languages		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
1991	1,731,744	98.33%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	9,187	0.52%	12,863	0.73%	7,292	0.41%	1,761,086	100.00%
2001	1,999,038	95.99%	22,134	1.06%	21,531	1.03%	17.189	0.83%	9,544	0.46%	13,095	0.63%	2,082,531	100.00%
Source: India Censuses 1991 and 2001; In 1991 the Bhil languages were assigned to the Gujarati

Population of the district by confession

The majority of the residents profess Hinduism. The only significant religious minority are the Muslims with around 6 percent of the population. The 11,100 Jainas and the 6,400 Christians are small 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	%	number	%
1991	11	0.00%	4,672	0.27%	1,642,242	93.25%	17,615	1.00%	96.277	5.47%	269	0.02%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1,761,086	100.00%
2001	9	0.00%	5,649	0.27%	1,946,780	93.48%	11.198	0.54%	117,806	5.66%	514	0.02%	6th	0.00%	569	0.03%	2,082,531	100.00%
2011	168	0.01%	6,375	0.26%	2,260,560	93.08%	11,110	0.46%	148,563	6.12%	614	0.03%	52	0.00%	1,147	0.05%	2,428,589	100.00%
Source: India census results in 1991, 2001 and 2011

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Sabarkantha district grew rapidly over decades. The increase was 16.62 percent between the last two censuses and is significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011 the population increased by almost 350,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous town in the district is the main town of Himatnagar with more than 80,000 inhabitants. Another city with more than 50,000 residents is Modasa. There are also a few other places with over 10,000 inhabitants.

Distribution urban and rural population

Sabarkantha is one of the very rural districts within the state.

Urban and rural population in Sabarkantha district
	1951 census		1961 census		1971 census		1981 census		1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	684.017	100%	918,587	100%	1,187,637	100%	1,502,284	100%	1,761,086	100%	2,082,531	100%	2,428,589	100%
CITY	43,131	6.31%	61.208	6.66%	95,175	8.01%	148.710	9.90%	185.168	10.51%	225,129	10.81%	363.720	14.98%
COUNTRY	640,886	93.69%	857.379	93.34%	1,092,462	91.99%	1,353,574	90.10%	1,575,918	89.49%	1,857,402	89.19%	2,064,869	85.02%

education

Despite significant efforts, the goal of full literacy has not yet been achieved. There are also huge differences. While more than 9 out of 10 people can read and write in urban areas, only 5 out of 8 people can read and write in rural areas. The following table shows the development:

Literacy in the Sabarkantha district
unit	VZ 1991	2001 census		2011 census
unit	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	59.03%	1,171,555	66.65%	1,578,734	75.79%
Men	74.53%	721.203	80.42%	918.625	86.44%
Women	43.08%	450.352	52.30%	660.109	64.69%
TOTAL CITY	77.54%	158,745	81.00%	270,745	84.58%
City men	87.64%	90.274	89.08%	150.120	91.18%
City women	66.79%	68,471	72.35%	120,625	77.59%
TOTAL COUNTRY	56.83%	1,012,810	64.85%	1,307,989	74.19%
Country men	72.94%	630,929	79.32%	768.505	85.57%
Country women	40.31%	381.881	49.83%	539.484	62.37%

economy

Most of the working population is employed in agriculture. There are only a few significant service companies and industrial companies.

administration

The Sabarkantha district comprises 8 talukas. These are:

Himatnagar, Idar, Khedbrahma, Poshina, Prantij, Talod, Vadali and Vijaynagar

In the 2011 census, the 15 towns were opposed to a total of 1376 villages. 1364 of these villages were inhabited.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

23.6 72.95Coordinates: 23 ° 36 ' N , 72 ° 57' E

[1] Result of the 2011 census

[2] ttp://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/administrative_maps/INDIA2011.pdf