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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Nakhatrana Taluka
| native_name = નખત્રાણા તાલુકો
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| Area_sqkm. = 2135.14
| population_total = 146367
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'''Nakhatrana Taluka''' is a [[taluka]] (administrative subdivision) in [[Kutch District]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kachchh District Panchayat: Taluka Panchayat|publisher=Kutch District|url=http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915111800/http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm|archivedate=15 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Its administrative centre is the village of [[Nakhatrana]]. The taluka covers {{Convert|2135.14|sqkm|sqmi|0}}.<ref name="Gujarat-1991-2001">{{Cite web|title=Districtwise / Talukawise Salient Features of Population Statistics (1991 and 2001): Gujarat|publisher=Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Gujarat|page=7|url=http://gujecostat.gujarat.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/CMGE/SalientFeatures.pdf|access-date=30 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530174245/http://gujecostat.gujarat.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/CMGE/SalientFeatures.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In the 2001 India census, Nakhatrana Taluka had 129,249 inhabitants, 50.8% (65,673) male and 49.2% (63,576) female. This represented a 10.5% increase from 1991. The gender ratio in 2001 was 968 females per thousand males, a significant change from the 1029 value of 1991.<ref name="Gujarat-1991-2001" /><ref name="PF-Census-2001-Kachchh">{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Gujarat: Kuchchh: Nakhatrana|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=24&district_code=01}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The taluka was entirely rural.<ref name="PF-Census-2001-Kachchh" />

Other 2001 census statistics for the taluka were:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>
** [[Scheduled Castes]] - 15.1%
** [[Scheduled Tribes]] - 5.18%
* Literacy - 65.78%
** Male - 75.87%
** Female - 55.43%
* No. of Household - 23,974
* Population under age- group 0- 6 - 20,685
* Sex Ratio under age- group 0- 6 - 932
* Total Workers - 52,451
* Non Workers - 76,798

==Points of interest==
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Dhinodhar Temple in the village of Dhinodhar, lies on beautiful mountain range with the abode of [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] on the top of the hill. It is just 20 km away from the village of Nakhatrana on the way to Nani Aral village. Dhinodhar Hill has an elevation of 1190 feet, or 361 meters. The [[Tropic of Cancer]] (or Kurk Vrut) passes through the southern tip of the temple.

Other places in Nakhatrana Taluka include:
* Roodimaa Sthanak on Virani Road, Umiya Agro Traders,
* shankarvijay saw mill, Holipet Mountain in Navavas,
* Greeneries of Jadai Road fields,
* The chats of Vathan Chopati,
* Fort Mahadev, and
* Piyoni village, for its Shiva temple.

==Villages==
Nakhatrana Taluka has seventy-seven [[panchayat village]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Nakhatrana, Kachchh, Gujarat|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4154&parenttype=B&ptype=V|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530150029/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4154&parenttype=B&ptype=V|archivedate=2013-05-30}}</ref> and a total of 133 villages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Villages of Nakhatrana Taluka|publisher=Kutch District|url=http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/nakhatrana-taluka.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830095010/http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/nakhatrana-taluka.htm|archivedate=30 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web|title=નખત્રાણા તાલુકા પંચાયત (Nakhtrana Taluka Panchayat)|language=Gujarati|publisher=Kutch District|url=http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/taluka/nakhatrana/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521075135/http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/taluka/nakhatrana/index.htm|archivedate=21 May 2010|url-status=live}}
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