| Botad City | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gujarat, India |
| Coordinates: | 22.17°N 71.67°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Botad district |
| Named For: | Damodar Botadkar |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Leader Name: | Saurabh Patel |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.36 |
| Elevation M: | 70 |
| Population Total: | 130,302 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 364710 |
| Registration Plate: | GJ-33 |
| Website: | botad.gujarat.gov.in |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati, Hindi |
Botad is a city and the district headquarters of Botad district, Gujarat, India. It is about 92km (57miles) from Bhavnagar and 133km (83miles) from Ahmedabad by road distance.[1]
Botad is situated at a confluence of streams which unite to form a small river, Utavali. In the Gujarati language, it is known as Gatar.[2]
Botad is surrounded by low hills on the east and west, forming a valley. Utavali Creek flows through the town, and Madhu Creek joins the Utavali river near Ten Drains.
The town is a gateway to Kathiawad (toward Gadhada, Lathi and Amreli), and a crossroads of Gohilwad (towards Bhavnagar), Jhalawad (Limbdi, Surendranagar) and Panchal (towards Paliyad, Vinchiya, Jasdan).
According to the 2011 Indian census, the population of the town of Botad was 130,302 (67,778 men and 62,524 women). Total literacy was 94,563 (53,275 men and 41,288 women). The literacy rate is 83.21 percent, of which male and female literacy was 88.89 percent and 74.60 percent respectively. Botad's overall sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men, with a child sex ratio of 874 girls to 1,000 boys. There were a total of 16,654 children (from birth to age six), 8,889 boys, and 7,765 girls (12.78 percent of the municipality's total population).[3]
It had a population of 7450 souls according to the census of 1872, which increased to 7755 in 1881.[2]
Botad has a tropical wet-and-dry climate, with a hot, dry summer from mid-March to mid-June and the monsoon (wet) season from mid-June to October (when the average rainfall is 620mm. From November to February the weather is mild, with an average temperature of about and low humidity. May and June have less rainfall and wind than the post-monsoon period. Thunderstorms are frequent in June and July, and fog is common in winter. Summer temperatures range from 24to, and winter temperatures from 10to.[4]
Botad's economy primarily relies on agriculture and diamond cutting and processing, although it has also witnessed a number of emerging sectors such as real estate, cotton processing and packaging, and healthcare.
The diet in Botad is predominantly vegetarian. Hunting is unpopular, and the city has a variety of fauna. Clothing varies with the seasons and their festivals. Women generally wear the Gujarati type of sari, and men wear kurtas and trousers.
"Bateka Bhungla" is famous in Botad.
thumb|Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Gadhada
Cricket is popular in Botad, and during the 1970s and 1980s the town hosted cricket tournaments with teams from Jasdan, Lathi and Bhavanagar. There are sports facilities in Botad is samras acedamy for cricket and botad district. Popular children's games include moy-dandiya, marbles and kabaddi.
Botad has a comprehensive education system that includes both public and private institutions. The public-school system is administered by the state government. Gujarati is the medium of instruction in both public and the majority of private schools. Some primary schools also provide English language instruction.
Botad High School was the first high school created after India's independence.
The city has several colleges.
Botad is well connected to Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Surat, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Surendranagar by rail and road.
With Botad Junction railway station, there is direct rail service to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat, Pune, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Asansol, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Kakinada Port, Haridwar of Uttarakhand, Banaras, Udhampur of Jammu and Kashmir, Mahuva, Bhavnagar and Kochuveli on the east coast.[10] [2]
A nearby domestic airport from Botad District is at Bhavnagar Airport. Bhavnagar is connected with Surat and Mumbai by air routes.
Botad is connected with other cities of India by road. It is connected with National and State Highways. Botad City is connected with other cities of the State via Gujarat State Transport bus services of Gujarat State. Many private buses run for the other cities of Gujarat.
3 Dr.rajesh chauhan research work. https://www.botad.xyz/ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Book: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. 1884. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. VIII. 402.