Dahod district

Dahod district

Dohad
Dahod district Dohad
District of Gujarat
	Ratanmahal falls
	Location of district in Gujarat
	Coordinates: Coordinates: 22°50′02″N 74°15′28″E / 22.83389°N 74.25778°E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Collector & DM	Dr. Harshit Gosavi I.A.S.
Headquarters	Dahod
Area
• Total	3,642 km2 (1,406 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,127,086
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	GJ 20
Website	dahod.gujarat.gov.in

Dahod district is a district of Gujarat state in western India. This largely tribal district is mostly covered by forests and hills.

Geography

Dahod is located in eastern Gujarat. It is located at the tripoint between Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. It borders Rajasthan to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Chhota Udaipur district to the south, Panchmahal district to the west and Mahisagar district to the north. The district has two areas: a region of scrubland in the western part of the district and hills in the east. All these areas are covered by forests. The district has several rivers flowing through it: the Panam, Khan, Kalutari, Machhan and Anas. These rivers are tributaries of the Mahi.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	177,555	—
1911	229,553	+2.60%
1921	267,075	+1.53%
1931	317,838	+1.76%
1941	365,700	+1.41%
1951	437,189	+1.80%
1961	580,397	+2.87%
1971	742,363	+2.49%
1981	946,588	+2.46%
1991	1,274,123	+3.02%
2001	1,636,433	+2.53%
2011	2,127,086	+2.66%
source:^[1]

It was 8.99% urban at the 2001 census.^[2] The population of the district is mostly rural, and a majority of the district's residents are tribals, mostly Bhils. Dahod District also has the second largest population of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Ismā'īlī Muslims in India.

At the 2011 census Dahod District had a population of 2,127,086,^[3] roughly equal to the nation of Namibia^[4] or the US state of New Mexico.^[5] It was the 215th most populous district in India (out of a total of 640).^[3] The district had a population density of 582 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,510/sq mi).^[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 29.95%.^[3] It had a sex ratio of 986 females for every 1000 males,^[3] and a literacy rate of 60.6%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.95% and 74.32% of the population respectively.^[3]

Religions in Dahod district (2011)^[6]

Hinduism			96.15%
Islam			3.12%
Other or not stated			0.73%

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.29% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 2.14% Bhili and 1.18% Hindi as their first language.^[7]

Politics

No.	Constituency	Name
129	Fatepura (ST)	Rameshbhai Katara	BJP
130	Jhalod (ST)	Bhavesh Katara	INC
131	Limkheda (ST)	Shaileshbhai Bhabhor	BJP
132	Dahod (ST)	Vajesing Panada	INC
133	Garbada (ST)	Chandrikaben Bariya	INC
134	Devgadhbaria	Bachubhai Khabad	BJP

Education

There is a government polytechnic college since 1963 and it was started by Indian prime minister Mr. Moraraji Desai and now government degree engineering college^[8] is also there. The degree college is affiliated to Gujarat University.

Economy

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Dahod one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).^[9] It is one of the six districts in Gujarat currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).^[9]

Ratan Mahal Sanctuary

Entrance gate of the sanctuary

File:Sounds of Chougania,Devgadh Baria.ogg

Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary is a mixed, deciduous forest, located near Devgadh Baria in Dohad district,^[10] at Gujarat's border with Madhya Pradesh, within the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests' ecoregion.^[11] The maximum area covered is in Gujarat. Ratanmahal Sanctuary is near by River Paanam (a major river of Central Gujarat), which helps to preserve the ecological balance in the forest, besides water conservation. The sanctuary is also known as "Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary," due to its population of sloth bears.^[12] As with Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanmahal has experienced extinctions in its population of birds.^[13]

References

^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
^ "India Map". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Gujarat Distrct Census - Dohad" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Namibia – 2,147,585
^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico – 2,059,179
^ "C-16 Population By Religion - Gujarat". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
^ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
^ "Gecdahod.org". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
^ ^a ^b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
^ "Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "Kathiarbar-Gir Dry Deciduous Forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
^ Garshelis, David L.; Joshi, Anup R.; Smith, James L. D.; Rice, Clifford G. "Sloth Bear Conservation Action Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
^ Trivedi, Pranav; Soni, V. C. "Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India" (PDF). 22. Forktail: 39–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Dahod Darpan
Dahod Online Archived 2013-02-07 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901

[2] "India Map". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2009-08-27.

[districtcensus-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Gujarat Distrct Census - Dohad" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

[cia-4] US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Namibia – 2,147,585

[5] "2010 Resident Population Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico – 2,059,179

[Religion-6] "C-16 Population By Religion - Gujarat". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

[7] 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

[8] "Gecdahod.org". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2019-11-19.

[brgf-9] Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011.

[HAI-10] "Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary". Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[IM0206-11] "Kathiarbar-Gir Dry Deciduous Forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2017-02-14.

[SlothBearConservation2011-12] Garshelis, David L.; Joshi, Anup R.; Smith, James L. D.; Rice, Clifford G. "Sloth Bear Conservation Action Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

[TrivediSoni2006-13] Trivedi, Pranav; Soni, V. C. "Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India" (PDF). 22. Forktail: 39–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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