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	== Divisions ==		== Divisions ==
	There are 7 [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: [[Kheralu]], [[Unjha]], [[Visnagar]], [[~~Becharaji~~]], [[Kadi~~, India~~\|Kadi]], [[Mahesana]] and [[Vijapur]]. [[Kheralu]] is part of Patan Lok Sabha constituency and rest are part of [[Mahesana Lok Sabha]] constituency.		There are 7 [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: [[Kheralu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Kheralu]], [[Unjha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Unjha]], [[Visnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Visnagar]], [[Bechraji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Bechraji]], [[Kadi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Kadi]], [[Mahesana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Mahesana]] and [[Vijapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Vijapur]]. [[Kheralu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Kheralu]] is part of [[Patan (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Patan]] constituency and rest are part of [[Mahesana (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Mahesana]] constituency.

	==Demographics==		==Demographics==
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	*Mehsana Urban Science College, Nagalpur, [[H.N.G.U University]]		*Mehsana Urban Science College, Nagalpur, [[H.N.G.U University]]
	* Smt. R.M. Prajapati Arts College		* Smt. R.M. Prajapati Arts College
			=== B.ed College
			*S.A.Patel B.ed College , Rampura (kukus) , Mehsana

	==See also==		==See also==
			<!-- Please respect alphabetical order -->
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	*[[Bhavsor]]		*[[Bhavsor]]
			*[[Chansol]]
			*[[Dabhoda, Mehsana\|Dabhoda]]
			*[[Davol, Mehsana\|Davol]]
			*[[Gorisana]]
			*[[Kuda, Mehsana\|Kuda]]Shahpur, Kheralu
			*[[Madhasana]]
			*[[Mahiyal]]
			*[[Malarpura]]
			*[[Rahemanpur]]
			*[[Sadikpur, Kheralu]]
			*[[Sakari, Mehsana\|Sakari]]
			*[[Samoja]]
			*[[Sangathala]]
			*[[Shahpur, Kheralu]]
			*[[Suvariya]]
			*[[Thangana, Mehsana\|Thangana]]
			*[[Timba, Mahesana\|Timba]]
			*[[Unad, Mehsana\|Unad]]
			*[[Vaghvadi, Mehsana\|Vaghvadi]]
			*[[Vavdi, Mehsana\|Vavdi]]
			}}

	== References ==		== References ==

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Mehsana}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
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'''Mehsana district''' (alternate spelling "Mahesana") is one of the 33 districts of [[Gujarat]] state in western [[India]].<ref>https://mehsanadp.gujarat.gov.in</ref> [[Mehsana]] city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 1.8 [[million]] and an area of over 4,500  km². There are over 600 villages in this district with a population of 2,035,064 of which 22.40% were urban as of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052456/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |archive-date=2010-01-11 }}</ref>

Mehsana district borders with [[Banaskantha]] district in the north, [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]] and [[Surendranagar]] districts in west, [[Gandhinagar]] and [[Ahmedabad]] districts in south and [[Sabarkantha]] district in the east.
[[File:Umiya Mata Mandir, Unjha.png|thumb|300x300px|Umiya Mata mandir, Unjha, Mehsana]]
Major towns of the district are Mehsana, [[Vijapur]], [[Bahucharaji]], [[Satlasana]], [[Modhera]], [[Unjha]], [[Vadnagar]], [[Kalol, Gandhinagar|Kalol]], [[Kadi, India|Kadi]], [[Visnagar]], [[Kherva]], Jotana and [[Kheralu]].

==History==
[[File:Toranwali Mata temple gate Mehsana.jpg|thumb|Gate of Toranwali Mata Temple]]
[[File:Taranga_Temple_2017.jpg|thumb|Shri Taranga tirth built in 1161]]
Mehsaji Chavda, a Rajput and an heir of [[Chavda dynasty]], established Mehsana. He constructed the ''Toran'' (arc gate) of city and a temple dedicated to Goddess Toran in [[Vikram Samvat]] 1414, Bhadrapad Sud 10 (1358 AD).<ref name="nri">{{cite web | url=http://www.nri.gujarat.gov.in/his-mehsana-2.htm | title=Mehsana - History | publisher=Government of Gujarat | work=NRI Division | year=2009 | access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> It is described by Jaisinh Brahmbhatt in poems of 1932 AD.<ref name="dp"/><ref name="MSNNP"/> It is also corroborated by Manilal Nyalchand, an author of ''Pragat Prabhavi Parshvanath'' of Samvat 1879. He also refers that Mehsaji built the temple dedicated to [[Chamunda]]. It inconclusively establishes that the town was founded during Rajput period. Another legend says that Mehsaji established it in Vikram Samvat 1375 (1319 AD).<ref name="GG1975">{{cite book|editor=S. B. Rajyagor|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Mehsana District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JycbAAAAIAAJ|series=Gujarat State Gazetteers|volume=5|year=1975|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, [[Government of Gujarat]]|pages=1, 805–806}}</ref>

[[Gaekwad]]s conquered [[Vadodara|Baroda]] and established [[Baroda State]]. They expanded their rule in north Gujarat and established [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]] as its administrative headquarters. Later the headquarters was moved to [[Kadi, Gujarat|Kadi]] and subsequently to Mehsana in 1902. This northern area under Baroda was divided in 8 ''mahal''s. Gaekwad also connected the city by [[Gaikwad Baroda State Railway|Baroda State railway]] which was opened on 21 March 1887. [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] built a palace known as ''Rajmahal'' in Vikram Samvat 1956 for his son Fatehsinhrao. It is now used as a district court.<ref name="GG1975"/><ref name="MSNNP">{{cite web | title=Mehsana Nagarpalika, Mehsana | website=WMehsana Nagarpalika| url=http://mehsananagarpalika.com/mehsana.html | language=gu | access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref>

Baroda state was merged with India after independence in 1947. It was included in [[Bombay state]]. Later became part of [[Gujarat]] in 1960 after partition of [[Bombay]] state into Gujarat and [[Maharashtra]]. Now Mehsana is a standalone district in north Gujarat.<ref name="GG1975"/><ref name="dp">{{cite web | url=https://mehsanadp.gujarat.gov.in/Mehasana/jilavishe/etihas.htm | title=History | publisher=Mehsana District Panchayat | work=Government of Gujarat | date=17 July 2012 | access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref>

== Divisions ==
There are 7 [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: [[Kheralu]], [[Unjha]], [[Visnagar]], [[Becharaji]], [[Kadi, India|Kadi]], [[Mahesana]] and [[Vijapur]]. [[Kheralu]] is part of Patan Lok Sabha constituency and rest are part of [[Mahesana Lok Sabha]] constituency.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Mehsana district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,035,064,{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} roughly equal to the nation of [[Slovenia]]<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 =Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est.}}</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 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 229th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert| 462 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.91%. Mehsana has a [[sex ratio]] of 925 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 84.26%.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 97.58% of the population in the district spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and 1.99% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Mehsana district consists 10 talukas: [[Becharaji]], Kadi, [[Kheralu]], Mahesana, [[Vadnagar]], [[Vijapur]], [[Visnagar]], [[Satlasana]], [[Jotana]], and [[Unjha]]. Populations as of 2011 were as follows:{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

== Taluka's Population ==
{| class="wikitable"
!2011 Population
!Total
!Male
!Female
|-
|Becharaji
|99,588
|51,152
|48,436
|-
|Jotana
| -
| -
| -
|-
|Kadi
|81,404
|42,869
|38,535
|-
|Kheralu
|133,778
|68,968
|64,810
|-
|Mehsana
|529,816
|277,094
|252,722
|-
|Vadnagar
|145,445
|74,437
|71,008
|-
|Vijapur
|257,699
|133,713
|123,986
|-
|Satlasana
|89,546
|46,036
|43,510
|-
|Unjha
|175,539
|91,093
|84,446
|-
|Total
|2,035,064
|1,056,520
|978,544
|}

== Education ==

[[File:Government District Library Mehsana Gujarat India.jpg|thumb|Government District Library, Mehsana]]

=== Engineering colleges in Mehsana district ===
*[[Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering]], Visnagar, Mehsana
*[[S.P.B. Patel Engineering College]], [[Saffrony Institute of Technology]], Linch, Mehsana
*[[U.V. Patel College of Engineering]], [[Ganpat University]], [[Kherva]], Mehsana
*[[Unjha Engineering College]]
*[[L.C.I.T Institute of Technology]], Bhandu
*[[Marchant Institute of Technology]], Basna, Mehsana
*[[Government Engineering College, Katpur|Government Engineering College]], Katpur
*[[Sardar Patel Institute of Technology]], Piludara, Mehsana
*[[Gujarat Power Energy Institute of Technology]], Mevad, Mehsana

=== Pharmacy and Medical colleges in Mehsana district ===
*S.V. Institute of Management, Kadi, Mehsana
*S.K. Pharmaceutical college of education and research, Ganpat University, Kherva, Mehsana (Also has M.Pharma)
*[[Saffrony Institute of Technology]], Linch, Mehsana
*Pharmacy college in Bechraji, Mehsana
*Pharmacy college in Modasa, Dist-Mehsana
*GMERS Medical College, Vadnagar

=== Science colleges in Mehsana district ===
*Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences, [[Ganpat University]], [[Kherva]] (Second largest science college in North Gujarat)
*Nootan Sciences College, Sakalchand university, Ganj bazar, Visnagar (first science college in North Gujarat)
*Mehsana Urban Science College, Nagalpur, [[H.N.G.U University]]
* Smt. R.M. Prajapati Arts College

==See also==
*[[Bhavsor]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://mahesana.nic.in/ Official website]
* [http://collectormehsana.gujarat.gov.in Mehsana Collectorate]

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Mehsana district
| North = [[Banaskantha district]]
| Northeast =
| East = [[Sabar Kantha district]]
| Southeast = [[Gandhinagar district]]
| South = [[Ahmedabad district]]
| Southwest = [[Surendranagar district]]
| West = [[Patan district]]
| Northwest =
}}

{{Gujarat}}
{{Authority control}}

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