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

Dahod district
Dohad
District of Gujarat
Ratanmahal falls
Location of district in Gujarat
Coordinates:
Country India
StateGujarat
Collector & DMDr. Harshit Gosavi I.A.S.
HeadquartersDahod
Area
 • Total3,642 km2 (1,406 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,127,086
 • Density580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialGujarati, Hindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationGJ 20
Websitedahod.gujarat.gov.in

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.


History


Before Indian independence in 1948, Dahod district was part of the Sunth princely state. In October and November 1913 its villages were raided by the Bhil under Govindgiri encamped in the Mangarh Hills to the northeast.[1][2]


Demographics


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901177,555—    
1911229,553+2.60%
1921267,075+1.53%
1931317,838+1.76%
1941365,700+1.41%
1951437,189+1.80%
1961580,397+2.87%
1971742,363+2.49%
1981946,588+2.46%
19911,274,123+3.02%
20011,636,433+2.53%
20112,127,086+2.66%
source:[3]

It was 8.99% urban at the 2001 census.[4] 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,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Namibia[6] or the US state of New Mexico.[7] It was the 215th most populous district in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district had a population density of 582 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,510/sq mi).[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 29.95%.[5] It had a sex ratio of 986 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 60.6%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.95% and 74.32% of the population respectively.[5]

Religions in Dahod district (2011)[8]
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.[9]


Politics


This section is transcluded from 14th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)
No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
129 Fatepura (ST) Rameshbhai Katara BJP
130 Jhalod (ST) Bhavesh Katara INC Resigned on 9 November 2022[10]
Vacant
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[11] 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).[12] It is one of the six districts in Gujarat currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[12]


Ratan Mahal Sanctuary


Entrance gate of the sanctuary
Entrance gate of the sanctuary
Birds of Chougania chirping merrily as the Sun breaks out of overcast sky

Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary is a mixed, deciduous forest, located near Devgadh Baria in Dohad district,[13] at Gujarat's border with Madhya Pradesh, within the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests' ecoregion.[14] 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.[15] As with Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanmahal has experienced extinctions in its population of birds.[16]


See also



References


  1. Vashishtha, Vijay Kumar (1991). "The Bhil Revolt of 1913 Under Guru Govindgiri Among the Bhils of Southern Rajasthan and its Impact". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 52: 522–527. JSTOR 44142651.
  2. Sehgal, K. K. (1974). Rajasthan District Gazetteers: Banswara (PDF). Jaipur: Directorate, District Gazetteers. p. 34.
  3. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  4. "India Map". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  5. "Gujarat Distrct Census - Dohad" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  6. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Namibia – 2,147,585
  7. "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
  8. "C-16 Population By Religion - Gujarat". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  9. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  10. "Jhalod MLA Bhavesh Katara quits Congress, resigns as MLA". DeshGujarat. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  11. "Gecdahod.org". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  12. 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.
  13. "Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  14. "Kathiarbar-Gir Dry Deciduous Forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  15. 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.
  16. Trivedi, Pranav; Soni, V. C. "Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India" (PDF). Forktail. 22: 39–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2015.


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На других языках

[de] Dahod (Distrikt)

Dahod (Gujarati: દાહોદ) ist ein Distrikt im westindischen Bundesstaat Gujarat.
- [en] Dahod district

[ru] Даход (округ)

Даход (гудж. દાહોદ જિલ્લો; англ. Dahod) или Дохад — округ на востоке индийского штата Гуджарат. Образован 2 октября 1997 года из части территории округа Панчмахал. Административный центр — город Даход. Площадь округа — 3642 км². По данным всеиндийской переписи 2001 года население округа составляло 1 636 433 человека. Уровень грамотности взрослого населения составлял 45,15 %, что ниже среднеиндийского уровня (59,5 %). Доля городского населения составляла 9,55 %.


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