Sabarkantha district

Sabarkantha district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state of India, it is located in the northeastern part of the state. The administrative headquarters of the district are located in Himatnagar. The General outline of the district: Geographical Location: 23.030 to 24.30 N latitude and 72.43 to 73.39 E. longitude Climate: Minimum temperature of 9 o C in winter, maximum temperature of 49 o C in summer, generally temperate climate. Soil: White, black, rocky, stony, sandy, hilly and rocky. Rivers: Sabarmati , Khari , Meshvo , Hathmati , Harnao , Vatrak , Mazam River Crops: Paddy , millet , cotton , wheat , sorghum , tobacco , groundnut , castor , raido , vegetable crops, tomatoes , sorghum, cauliflower and cauliflower. Total villages: 1,389 Number of Gram Panchayats: Gram Panchayat - 714, Group Gram Panchayat - 325 Municipality: 06 National Highway No. 48 passes through here. Sabarkantha District is bounded by Rajasthan state to the north and northeast, Banaskantha district and Mehsana district to the west, Gandhinagar district to the south and Aravalli district to the southeast. It is spread across an area of 5390 km2. It has a gender ratio of 950 females per 1000 men, and the literacy rate for the district is 76.6%. During the Western Satrap rule, the region was known as Shwabhra (શ્વભ્ર). The region was under the rule of Satrap Rudradama in 150 A.D. as indicated in Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts at Junagadh. The river of the region was originally named Shwabhravati and is now known as the Sabarmati River. The region is also named in auxiliary text Gaṇapāṭha of Pāṇini's grammar work, Aṣṭādhyāyī. During the British Raj Vijaynagar in Sabarkantha district was the capital of Vijaynagar State or Pol State, one of the princely states of the Mahi Kantha Agency. The present-day district of Sabarkantha was formed in 1949 through the merger of 29 princely states and some parts of the British-governed Ahmedabad district. When the erstwhile Bombay state was bifurcated in 1960, Sabarkantha became a part of the newly-formed Gujarat.