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Ahmedabad district comprises the city of Ahmedabad, in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India. It is the seventh most populous district in India (out of 739).[2]

For the city, see Amdavaad. For other places with similar names, see Ahmadabad (disambiguation).
Ahmedabad District
District of Gujarat
Delhi Darwaza, one of the gates to the old city
Ahmedabad location in Gujarat
Country India
StateGujarat
HeadquartersAhmedabad
Government
 • District CollectorSandip J. Sagale IAS
Area
 • Total8,087 km2 (3,122 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total7,045,313
 • Rank1 of 33 in Gujarat
 • Density870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
DemonymAmdavadi
Time zoneI
 • Summer (DST)IST (UTC+05:30)
Websiteahmedabad.gujarat.gov.in

Climate


Climate data for Ahmedabad
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 28.3
(82.9)		 30.4
(86.7)		 35.6
(96.1)		 39.8
(103.6)		 41.5
(106.7)		 38.4
(101.1)		 33.4
(92.1)		 31.8
(89.2)		 34.0
(93.2)		 35.8
(96.4)		 32.8
(91.0)		 29.3
(84.7)		 41.5
(106.7)
Average low °C (°F) 20.1
(68.2)		 13.9
(57.0)		 18.9
(66.0)		 23.7
(74.7)		 26.2
(79.2)		 27.2
(81.0)		 25.6
(78.1)		 24.6
(76.3)		 24.2
(75.6)		 21.1
(70.0)		 16.6
(61.9)		 13.2
(55.8)		 11.8
(53.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 2.0
(0.08)		 1.0
(0.04)		 0
(0)		 3.0
(0.12)		 20
(0.8)		 103.0
(4.06)		 247.0
(9.72)		 288.0
(11.34)		 83.0
(3.27)		 23.0
(0.91)		 14.0
(0.55)		 5.0
(0.20)		 789
(31.1)
Average rainy days (≥ 0 mm) 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.9 4.8 13.6 15.0 5.8 1.1 1.1 0.3 43.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 288.3 274 279 307 329 237.0 130 111.6 222 291 273 288.3 3,020
Source: HKO[3]

Divisions


Map of Ahmedabad district under Bombay Presidency, British India 1877
Map of Ahmedabad district under Bombay Presidency, British India 1877
Talukas of Ahmedabad district
Talukas of Ahmedabad district

Politics


This section is transcluded from 14th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)
No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
39 Viramgam Lakhabhai Bharwad INC
40 Sanand Kanubhai Patel BJP
41 Ghatlodia Bhupendrabhai Patel BJP Chief Minister
42 Vejalpur Kishor Chauhan BJP
43 Vatva Pradipsinh Jadeja BJP
44 Ellis Bridge Rakesh Shah BJP
45 Naranpura Kaushik Patel BJP
46 Nikol Jagdish Panchal BJP
47 Naroda Balram Thawani BJP
48 Thakkarbapa Nagar Vallabhbhai Kakadiya BJP
49 Bapunagar Himmatsinh Patel INC
50 Amraiwadi Hasmukhbhai Patel BJP
Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel BJP
51 Dariapur Gyasuddin Shaikh INC
52 Jamalpur-Khadia Imran Khedawala INC
53 Maninagar Suresh Patel BJP
54 Danilimda (SC) Shailesh Parmar INC
55 Sabarmati Arvindkumar Patel BJP
56 Asarwa (SC) Pradipbhai Parmar BJP
57 Daskroi Babu Jamna Patel BJP
58 Dholka Bhupendrasinh Chudasama BJP Election cancelled by high court but put on hold by Supreme Court
59 Dhandhuka Rajesh Gohil INC

Demographics


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901681,713—    
1911717,107+0.51%
1921765,900+0.66%
1931850,077+1.05%
19411,178,608+3.32%
19511,516,191+2.55%
19612,016,668+2.89%
19712,765,925+3.21%
19813,706,573+2.97%
19914,631,351+2.25%
20015,893,164+2.44%
20117,214,225+2.04%
source:[4]

According to the 2011 census Ahmedabad district has a population of 7,214,225,[2] roughly equal to Hong Kong[5] or the U.S. state of Washington.[6] This gives it a ranking of 8th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 983 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,550/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.31%.[2] Ahmedabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 86.65%. The divided district has a population of 7,045,313. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 747,806 and 88,911 which is 10.61% and 1.26% of the population respectively.[2]


Religion


Religions in Ahmedabad district (2011)[7]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 83.54%
Islam
 
 12.38%
Jainism
 
 2.96%
Christianity
 
 0.72%
Other or not stated
 
 0.40%

Hindus are 5,885,869 while Muslims are 871,887, Jains are 208,575 and Christians 50,631.[7]


Language


Languages of Ahmedabad district in 2011 census[8]

  Gujarati (74.21%)
  Hindi (16.01%)
  Urdu (2.78%)
  Sindhi (1.80%)
  Marathi (1.64%)
  Marwari (2.09%)
  Other (2.01%)

Notable people



References


  1. "Districts of Gujarat".
  2. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  3. "Ahmedabad Climate Record". Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  4. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  5. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est.
  6. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Washington 6,724,540
  7. "C-16 Population By Religion - Gujarat". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  8. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  9. "Hemacandra". Jain World. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.



На других языках

[de] Ahmedabad (Distrikt)

Der Distrikt Ahmedabad (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ જિલ્લો) ist einer von 26 Distrikten des Staates Gujarat in Indien. Die gleichnamige Stadt Ahmedabad ist die Hauptstadt des Distrikts. Die letzte Volkszählung im Jahr 2011 ergab eine Gesamtbevölkerungszahl von 7.214.,225 Menschen.[2]
- [en] Ahmedabad district

[ru] Ахмадабад (округ)

Ахмадаба́д (гудж. અમદાવાદ જિલ્લો; англ. Ahmedabad) — округ в центральной части индийского штата Гуджарат. Административный центр — город Ахмадабад. Площадь округа — 8707 км². По данным всеиндийской переписи 2001 года население округа составляло 5 816 519 человек. Уровень грамотности взрослого населения составлял 79,50 %, что значительно выше среднеиндийского уровня (59,5 %). Доля городского населения составляла 80,18 %.


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