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The western Indian state of Gujarat has 34 districts after several splits of the original 17 districts at the formation of the state in 1960. [2] Kutch is the largest district of Gujarat while Dang is the smallest. Ahmedabad is the most populated district while Dang is the least. There are 252 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat. [3] [4]
The history of Gujarat began with Stone Age settlements followed by Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlements like Indus Valley Civilisation. [1] Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch, served as ports and trading centers in the Nanda, Maurya, Satavahana and Gupta empires as well as during the Western Kshatrapas period. After the fall of the ...
The administrative headquarters of the district are located in Ahwa. Dang has an area of 1,764 km 2 and a population of 228,291 (as of 2011). [1] As of 2011, it is the least populous of Gujarat's 33 districts. [2] As per the Planning Commission, Dang is one of the most economically distressed district out of 640 districts in India.
Taluka Name [10] Population Area (in sq km) Number of Villages Literacy Rate Palanpur 595,891 2,922 130 68.78% Deesa 322,170 3,413 93 70.41% Tharad
Panchmahal, also rendered as Panch Mahal, is a district in the eastern portion of Gujarat State western India. Panch-mahal means "five tehsils/talukas" (5 sub-divisions), and refers to the five sub-divisions that were transferred by the Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia of Gwalior State to the British: Godhra, Dahod, Halol, Kalol and Jhalod, Devgadh Baria.
The district has a population density of 711 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,840/sq mi). [5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.57%. [5] Anand has a sex ratio of 921 females for every 1000 males, [5] and a literacy rate of 85.79% (Males 93.23% and females 77.76%). [8] 30.34% of the population lived in urban areas ...
Other well-known museums in the state include the Kutch Museum in Bhuj, which is the oldest museum in Gujarat founded in 1877, the Watson Museum of human history and culture in Rajkot, [215] Gujarat Science City and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial in Ahmedabad. In October 2018, the world's tallest statue commemorating the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Help. Articles related to History of Gujarat State, as well as older kingdoms and ... Banaskantha district; Kumbhariya, Surat ...