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Bhavnagar district
Summary
Bhavnagar District is a district of southeastern Gujarat, India, on the Saurashtra peninsula. The administrative headquarters is in the town of Bhavnagar.
Bhavnagar District covers an area of over 8334 km2. The coastal area is mostly alluvium.
Bhavnagar borders with Ahmedabad District to the northeast, Botad District to the northwest, the Gulf of Cambay to the east and south and Amreli District to the west.
Bhavnagar State was a salute state during the Raj, ruled by the Gohil Rajputs, .
Bhavnagar lost two talukas, Botad and Gadhada, to the creation in August 2013 of the new district of Botad.
Bhavnagar District is divided into ten talukas : Bhavnagar, Sihor, Umrala, Gariadhar, Palitana, Mahuva, Talaja, Ghogha, Jesar and Vallbhipur. There are close to 800 villages in this district, for example, Tana.
According to the 2011 census Bhavnagar district has a population of 2,880,365, roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica or the US state of Kansas. This gives it a ranking of 133rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.53%. Bhavnagar has a sex ratio of 931 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.84%.
The divided district has a population of 2,393,272, of which 676,189 (28.25%) lived in urban areas. Bhavnagar had a sex ratio of 930 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 125,441 (5.24%) and 8,039 (0.34%) of the population respectively.
Hindus were 2,176,962 while Muslims were 187,148 and Jains 21,851.
The population development of the cities and towns in Bhavnagar.
At the time of the 2011 census, 97.51% of the population spoke Gujarati and 1.18% Hindi as their first language.
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Among the many historical places in Bhavnagar District are:
Buddhist caves in Taleja,
Statues of Seven Sisters in Rauhishala, and
Gandhi Memorial and Sardar Memorial at Crescent Circle in the town of Bhavnagar.
Velavadar Blackbuck National Park is the only tropical grassland in India recognised as a National park.
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