Kheda district explained

Kheda district
Other Name:Charotar
Settlement Type:District of Gujarat
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Gujarat
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Kheda
Leader Title:District Collectorate
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:2,299,885
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Gujarati, Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:GJ-07
Image Map1:Kheda in Gujarat (India).svg
Map Caption1:Location of district in Gujarat

Kheda District is one of the thirty-three districts of Gujarat state in western India. It is part of the region known as Charotar, consisting of Kheda and Anand districts. Its central city Nadiad is the administrative headquarters of the district.

History

Formerly known as Kaira district, it was divided in two with the southern part becoming Anand district in 1997.[1] The Charotar region of Kaira consisted of four talukas (sub-districts): Nadiad, Anand, Borsad, and Petlad.[2] When the district was divided, Nadiad Taluka went with Kheda district and the other three with Anand district.[3] Today, Kheda has eleven talukas.[4] Balasinor and Virpur, once in Kheda district, were moved to the newly formed Mahisagar district in 2013.[5]

During the Indian independence movement in the first half of the 20th century, the Patidars of the Charotar region and other areas in Kaira resisted the British in a number of standoffs, notably the Kaira anti-tax campaign of 1913, the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, the Borsad Satyagraha of 1923,[6] and the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kheda district has a population of 2,299,885,[7] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia[8] or the US state of New Mexico.[9] This gives it a ranking of 197th in India (out of a total of 640).[7] The district has a population density of 541PD/sqkm .[7] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.81%.[7] Kheda has a sex ratio of 937 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 84.31%.[7]

The divided district had a population of 2,053,769, of which 474,041 (23.08%) lived in urban areas. The divided district had a sex ratio of 940 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 98,686 (4.81%) and 37,310 (1.82%) of the population respectively.[7]

Hindus are 1,780,801, while Muslims are 239,214 and Christians are 26,387.[10]

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 97.35% of the population spoke Gujarati and 2.01% Hindi as their first language.[11]

Administrative divisions

Since 2013, Kheda district has been divided into eleven taluka.

  1. Nadiad
  2. Thasra (code 03878), city of Dakor, villages inclde Kalsar
  3. Kapadvanj, villages include Abvel, Antroli, Ghadiya, Telnar
  4. Mehmedabad (Mahemdavad), headquartered in the town of Mahemdavad, villages include Haldarvas, Kanij, Sarsavani
  5. Kathlal, villages include Anara, Bajakapura
  6. Matar, headquartered in Matar village, villages include Asamali
  7. Mahudha, headquartered in the municipality of Mahisa, Mahudha, villages include Heranj
  8. Kheda, villages include Dedarda, Vavdi
    1. Nadiad (rural), villages include Davda Galteshwar, villages include Anghadi, Kuni, Pali
  9. Vaso, headquartered in Vaso, villages include Palana, Rampur, Gangapur, Kheda

Politics

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Notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Anand District . Gujarat Government . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210035014/http://ananddp.gujarat.gov.in/anand/english/about-district/history.htm . 10 February 2015 . live.
  2. Book: Heredia, Ruth . 1997. The Amul India Story . New Delhi . McGraw-Hill . 8 . 978-0-07-463160-7.
  3. Web site: Gujarat Administrative Divisions 2011 . Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20111026055421/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/administrative_maps/GUJARAT.pdf . 26 October 2011. live.
  4. Web site: Taluka | District Kheda, Government of Gujarat | India .
  5. News: Seven new districts as Gujarat's I-Day gift . Daily News and Analysis (DNA) . 14 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130819092511/http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/1874372/report-seven-new-districts-as-gujarat-s-i-day-gift . 19 August 2013 . live .
  6. Satyagraha means the nonviolent resistance popularised by Gandhi. Book: Gandhi, Mahatma K. . 1951 . Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha). New York . Schocken . 189–190. 606004619.
  7. Web site: District Census Hand Book – Kheda . . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  8. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead . 13 June 2007 . 2011-10-01 . Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est. .
  9. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data . U. S. Census Bureau . 2011-09-30 . New Mexico - 2,059,179 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php . 19 October 2013 .
  10. Web site: 2011 . Population by Religion - Gujarat . censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  11. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat . censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  12. Web site: Narendra Patel; Uganda's first non-British speaker of Parliament . New Vision . en.
  13. Joshi . S. . Life against Death: The Poetry of Ravji Patel . Books Abroad . 43 . 4 . 499–503 . 10.2307/40123774 . 1969 . 40123774 .

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