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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Jamnagar}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Jamnagar District<br />
| official_name = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| settlement_type = [[District]]<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| nickname = Paris of Saurashtra, Choti Kashi<br />
| image_map = Jamnagar in Gujarat (India).svg<br />
| map_caption = Location of district in Gujarat<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22|13|N|69|42|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = Region<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]<br />
| established_title = Nawanagar<br />
| established_date = 1540 A.D.<br />
| founder = Jam Rawalji Jadeja<br />
| named_for = '''Jam''', The title of Jadeja rulers.<br />
| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Jamnagar]]<br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 14,184<br />
| area_rank = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 2,160,119<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_demonym = Halaree<br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = <br />
| registration_plate = GJ-10<br />
| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kutchi language|kutchi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
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[[Image:Map GujDist Saurastra.png|thumb|Districts of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurastra]], Gujarat|400x400px]]<br />
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'''Jamnagar District''' is a [[districts of India|district of India]] located on the southern coast of the [[Gulf of Kutch]] in the state of [[Gujarat]]. Its headquarters are located in the eponymous city of [[Jamnagar]]. It hosts the production facilities of large Indian companies<ref name="mapsofindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/gujarat/districts/jamnagar.htm |title=Jamnagar District Map |publisher=Mapsofindia.com |date=2011-09-12 |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref> such as [[Reliance Industries|Reliance]]. Among its attractions are several palaces,<ref name="mapsofindia.com"/> a Marine National Park and a Bird Sanctuary, known as [[Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Mustak Amin Mepani |url=http://www.jamnagar.org |title=Jamnagar the beautiful - Tourist information |publisher=Jamnagar.org |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Lakhota palace.JPG|thumb|Lakhota Palace|300x300px]]<br />
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==Talukas (administrative divisions)==<br />
# [[Jam Jodhpur]]<br />
# [[Jodiya]]<br />
# [[Dhrol]]<br />
# [[Jamnagar]]<br />
# [[Lalpur, Jamnagar district|Lalpur]]<br />
# [[Kalavad Taluka]]<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Jamnagar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,160,119,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Namibia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Namibia 2,147,585 }}</ref> or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2011-09-30 |quote=New Mexico - 2,059,179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2013-10-19 }}</ref> This gives it a district population ranking of 212th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 153 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.38%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jamnagar has a [[sex ratio]] of 938 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males.<ref name=districtcensus/> It had literacy rate of 66.4% in 2001 which rose impressively in a decade to [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 74.4% by 2011.<ref name=districtcensus/><br />
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At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 87.78% of the population in the district spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 6.28% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and 2.53% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref><br />
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== Historical Populations ==<br />
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,52,150|13=1911|14=3,59,604|15=1921|16=3,59,631|17=1931|18=4,25,463|19=1941|20=5,17,833|21=1951|22=6,16,896|23=1961|24=8,28,419|25=1971|26=11,11,343|27=1981|28=13,93,076|29=1991|30=15,63,558|31=2001|32=19,04,278|33=2011|34=21,60,119|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Halar]]<br />
*[[Jamnagar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category}}<br />
* [https://jamnagar.nic.in/ Official website]<br />
*[http://www.jamnagar.org Jamnagar.org]<br />
*[http://www.halar.org halar.org]<br />
*[http://www.aapdujamnagar.com aapdujamnagar.com]<br />
*[http://www.historyofjamnagar.in historyofjamnagar.in]<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
|Centre = Jamnagar district<br />
|North = ''[[Gulf of Kutch]]''<br />
|Northeast = [[Morbi district]]<br />
|East = [[Rajkot district]]<br />
|Southeast = <br />
|South = <br />
|Southwest = [[Porbandar district]]<br />
|West = [[Devbhoomi Dwarka district]]<br />
|Northwest = <br />
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