Ahmedabad district

For the city, see Ahmedabad. For other places with similar names, see Ahmedabad (disambiguation).

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).^[1]

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District of Gujarat
Clockwise from top-left: Sabarmati Ashram, Hutheesing Jain Temple, Jami Masjid, Ahmedabad, birds in Nal Sarovar, Sardar Patel Stadium
Nickname:  Ahm
Ahmedabad location in Gujarat
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Named for	Karnavati
Headquarters	Ahmedabad
Government
• District Collector	Sandip J. Sagale IAS (Bjp(bharatiya janata party))
Area
• Total	8,087 km^2 (3,122 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	7,045,313
• Rank	1 of 33 in Gujarat
• Density	870/km^2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	I
• Summer (DST)	IST (UTC+05:30)
Vehicle registration	GJ-1, GJ-27, GJ-38
Website	ahmedabad.nic.in ahmedabad.gujarat.gov.in

Etymology

Main article: History of Ahmedabad

The area around Ahmedabad has been inhabited since the 11th century, when it was known as Ashaval.^[3] At that time, Karna, the Chaulukya (Solanki) ruler of Anhilwara (modern Patan), waged a successful war against the Bhil king of Ashaval,^[4] and established a city called Karnavati on the banks of the Sabarmati.^[5]

In 1411, this area came under the control of Muzaffar Shah I's grandson, Sultan Ahmed Shah, who selected the forested area along the banks of the Sabarmati river for a new capital city. He laid the foundation of a new walled city near Karnavati and named it Ahmedabad after himself.^[6][7] According to other versions, he named the city after four Muslim saints in the area who all had the name Ahmedabad.^[8]

Data

S.NO.	^[9]	SOURCE	PERIODICITY (and latest available)	DATA
A.	HEALTH
				Total			Rural			Urban
A.1	Sex Ratio (Number of females per 1000 males)	District Census Handbook, Census of India	Decadal (2011)	904			933			899
A.2	Births to women aged 15-19years out of total births (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.3	Mean number of children ever born to women aged 40-49years (#)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.4	Current use of family planning methods (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.5	Current use of any modern method of family planning (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.6	Total unmet need for family planning (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.7	Institutional Deliveries (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.8	Deliveries at home conducted by skilled health personnel (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.9	Children who received full vaccination (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.10	Prevalence of Acute illness (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.11	Prevalence of Chronic illness (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.12	Prevalence of Anaemia (6-59months) (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.13	Prevalence of Severe Anaemia (6-59months) (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.14	Prevalence of Anaemia in pregnant women aged 15-49years (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.15	Prevalence of Severe Anaemia in pregnant women aged 15-49years (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.16	Prevalence of Anaemia in women aged 15-49years (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.17	Prevalence of Severe Anaemia in women aged 15-49years (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.18	Mean age at marriage for girls			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.19	Mean age at marriage for boys			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.20	Currently married women married below 18years of age (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.21	Currently married men married below 21years of age (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
A.22	Villages with Sub-Health Centres within 3km (%)			Not available			Not applicable
A.23	Villages with Primary Health Centre within 10km (%)			Not available			Not applicable
A.24	PHCs functioning on a 24x7hours basis (%)			Not available			Not applicable
A.25	Number of District Hospitals (#)			Not available			Not applicable
B.	EDUCATION
B.1	Literacy Rate (%)	District Census Handbook, Census of India	Decadal (2011)	Total	85.31		Male	90.74		Female	79.35
				Primary				Upper Primary
B.2	Gross Enrolment Ratio (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	102.3				86.7
B.3	Net Enrolment Ratio (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	82.2				63.8
B.4	Drop Out Rate (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	Not available				1.7
B.5	Pupil-Teacher Ratio (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	35.0				35.0
B.6	Student-Classroom Ratio (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	31.0				26.0
B.7	Girl's Enrolment (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	50.7				48.6
B.8	Female Teachers (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	82.8				57.1
B.9	New Government Schools since 2003 (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	13.6				11.2
B.10	Schools with girls toilet (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	100.0				100.0
B.11	Schools with boys toilet (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	100.3				100.0
B.12	Schools with drinking water facility (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	100.0				100.0
B.13	Schools with electricity (%)	DISE	Annual (2013-14)	100.0				100.0
C.	ELECTRICITY
				Total			Rural			Urban
C.1	Households with electricity (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
C.2	Total Households in District (#)	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-7), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	1,494,656			228,886			1,265,770
				% (out of total HH)	#		% (out of total rural HH)	#		% (out of total urban HH)	#
C.3	Households with electricity as main source of lighting	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-7), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	97.42	1,456,046		92.13	210,869		98.37	1,245,177
C.4	Households with solar energy as main source of lighting	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-7), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	0.04	624		0.10	231		0.03	393
C.5	Households with no lighting	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-7), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	0.44	6,511		0.97	2,219		0.34	4,292
D.	WATER
				Total			Rural			Urban
D.1	Households with improved source of drinking water (%)			Not available			Not available			Not available
D.2	Total Households in District	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-6), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	1,494,656			228,886			1,265,770
				% (of total HH)	#		% (of total rural HH)	#		% (of total urban HH)	#
D.3	Households with main source of drinking water within premises	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-6), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	86.07	1,286,525		59.88	137,050		90.81	1,149,475
D.4	Households receiving treated tap water within premises	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-6), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	62.23	930,100		15.86	36,310		70.61	893,790
D.5	Households receiving untreated tap water within premises	Houselisting and Housing Census Data Tables- District Level (HH-6), Census of India	Decadal (2011)	14.16	211,600		39.82	91,135		9.52	120,465
E.	TELECOMMUNICATION
				Total			Rural			Urban
E.1	Households with landline phone (%)	District Census Handbook, Census of India	Decadal (2011)	5.17			2.40			5.67
E.2	Households with mobile phone (%)	District Census Handbook, Census of India	Decadal (2011)	61.79			57.01			62.66
E.3	Households with computer/laptop with internet connection (%)	District Census Handbook, Census of India	Decadal (2011)	8.45			0.44			9.90

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^[10]

Talukas

 

Map of Ahmedabad district under Bombay Presidency, British India 1877

 

Talukas of Ahmedabad district

Following are the talukas of Ahmedabad district:

Talukas in Ahmedabad City - East

1. Maninagar
2. Asarwa
3. Vatva

Talukas in Ahmedabad City - West

1. Vejalpur
2. Sabarmati
3. Ghatlodiya

Talukas in Ahmedabad Suburban

1. Daskroi
2. Sanand

Talukas in Rural North Ahmedabad

1. Viramgam
2. Detroj-Rampura
3. Mandal

Talukas in Rural South Ahmedabad

1. Bavla
2. Dholka
3. Dhandhuka
4. Dholera

Villages

Politics

This section is transcluded from 15th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)

No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Remarks
39	Viramgam	Hardik Patel		BJP
40	Sanand	Kanubhai Patel		BJP
41	Ghatlodia	Bhupendrabhai Patel		BJP	Chief Minister ^[11]
42	Vejalpur	Amit Thaker		BJP
43	Vatva	Babusinh Jadav		BJP
44	Ellisbridge	Amit Shah		BJP
45	Naranpura	Jitu Bhagat		BJP
46	Nikol	Jagdish Vishwakarma		BJP	MoS(I/C)
47	Naroda	Payal Kukrani		BJP
48	Thakkarbapa Nagar	Kanchanben Radadiya		BJP
49	Bapunagar	Dineshsinh Kushwaha		BJP
50	Amraiwadi	Dr. Hasmukh Patel		BJP
51	Dariapur	Kaushik Jain		BJP
52	Jamalpur-Khadiya	Imran Khedavala		INC
53	Maninagar	Amul Bhatt		BJP
54	Danilimda (SC)	Shailesh Parmar		INC
55	Sabarmati	Harshad Patel		BJP
56	Asarwa (SC)	Darshana Vaghela		BJP
57	Daskroi	Babubhai Patel		BJP
58	Dholka	Kiritsinh Dabhi		BJP
59	Dhandhuka	Kalubhai Dabhi		BJP

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	681,713	—
1911	717,107	+0.51%
1921	765,900	+0.66%
1931	850,077	+1.05%
1941	1,178,608	+3.32%
1951	1,516,191	+2.55%
1961	2,016,668	+2.89%
1971	2,765,925	+3.21%
1981	3,706,573	+2.97%
1991	4,631,351	+2.25%
2001	5,893,164	+2.44%
2011	7,214,225	+2.04%
source:^[12]

According to the 2011 census Ahmedabad district has a population of 7,214,225,^[1] roughly equal to Hong Kong^[13] or the U.S. state of Washington.^[14] This gives it a ranking of 8th in India (out of a total of 640).^[1] The district has a population density of 983 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,550/sq mi) .^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.31%.^[1] Ahmedabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males,^[1] and a literacy rate of 86.65%.^[1]

The divided district has a population of 7,045,313, of which 6,028,152 (85.56%) lived in urban areas. Ahmedabad had a sex ratio of 904 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 747,806 (10.61%) and 88,911 (1.26%) of the population respectively.^[1]

Cities and Towns

The population of all cities and towns in the Ahmedabad district by census years.^[15]

Name^[a]	Status	Population Census 1991-03-01	Population Census 2001-03-01	Population Census 2011-03-01
Ahmadabad	Municipal Corporation with Outgrowth (Metropolis)	2,876,710	3,694,974	5,633,927
Ahmadabad Cantonment	Cantonment (Board)	11,967	14,706	7,588
Bareja	Municipality	...	15,427	19,690
Barwala	Municipality	...	16,048	17,951
Bavla	Municipality with Outgrowth	25,391	30,871	42,458
Bopal	Census Town	...	12,181	37,635
Dhandhuka	Municipality	27,781	29,572	32,475
Dholka	Municipality with Outgrowth	49,860	61,569	80,945
Nandej	Census Town	6,878	7,642	9,176
Ranpur	Census Town	...	14,486	16,944
Sanand	Municipality with Outgrowth	25,674	32,417	95,890
Singarva	Census Town	8,183	9,889	12,547
Viramgam	Municipality	50,788	53,094	55,821

Religion

Religions in Ahmedabad district (2011)^[16]
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.^[16]

Language

Languages of Ahmedabad district (2011)^[17]

  Gujarati (74.21%)

  Hindi (16.01%)

  Urdu (2.78%)

  Sindhi (1.80%)

  Marathi (1.64%)

  Marwari (1.55%)

  Others (2.01%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 74.21% of the population spoke Gujarati, 16.01% Hindi, 2.78% Urdu, 1.80% Sindhi, 1.64% Marathi and 1.55% Marwari as their first language.^[17]

Notable people

• Acharya Hemachandra (1089–1172) Jain polymath. Born in Dhandhuka.^[18]
• Joravarsinh Jadav (born 1940), folklorist

Notes

1. Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web), Delimitation Commission of India (web), Rand McNally International Atlas 1994, School of Planning & Architecture (web)

References

1. "District Census Hand Book – Ahmedabad" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
2. {{cite web |title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database= 778
3. Turner, Jane (1996). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 1. Grove. p. 471. ISBN 978-1-884446-00-9.
4. Michell, George; Snehal Shah; John Burton-Page; Mehta, Dinesh (28 July 2006). Ahmadabad. Marg Publications. pp. 17–19. ISBN 81-85026-03-3.
5. Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India Through the Ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 173.
6. More, Anuj (18 October 2010). "Baba Maneknath's kin keep alive 600-yr old tradition". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
7. This ambiguity is similar to the case of Tsar Peter the Great naming his new capital "Saint Petersburg", referring officially to Saint Peter but in fact also to himself.
8. . Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, egovamc.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
9. "District wise Statistics | NITI Aayog, (National Institution for Transforming India), Government of India". 164.100.94.191. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
10. "Ahmedabad Climate Record". Retrieved 1 May 2012.
11. "Bhupendra Patel named Gujarat CM again". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
12. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
13. US Directorate of Intelligence. . Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est.
14. . U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Washington 6,724,540
15. "Gujarat (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
16. "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
17. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
18. . Jain World. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

External links

• Official site
• Ahmedabad RTO

Coordinates: 23°02′N 72°35′E / 23.03°N 72.58°E / 23.03; 72.58