Narmada district - Revision history

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 This district was carved out on October 2, 1997. The newly formed district consisted of Tilakwada taluka of erstwhile [[Vadodara district]] and 3 talukas of erstwhile [[Bharuch district]]: Nandod, Dediyapada and Sagbara.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://narmadadp.gujarat.gov.in/narmada/english/index.htm|title=About District|publisher=Narmada District Panchayat}}</ref>
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+== Talukas ==
 The district consists of 5 talukas: [[Tilakwada]], Garudeshwar, [[Nandod]] (including [[Rajpipla]]), [[Dediyapada]], and [[Sagbara]].
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 }}</ref> or the US state of [[Wyoming]].<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 =Wyoming 563,626
 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 528th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 214 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.77%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Narmada has a [[sex ratio]] of 960 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.29%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
+===Language===
 At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 68.50% of the population in the district spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 14.8% [[Vasavi language|Vasava]], 11.57% [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]] and 1.73% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

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{{Infobox settlement
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| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Gujarat|District]] of [[Gujarat]]
| image_skyline = Zarwani Waterfall, Narmada district, Gujarat, India.jpg
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'''Narmada district''' is an administrative [[district]] in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. The district headquarters are located at [[Rajpipla]].{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} The district is bounded by [[Vadodara district]] in the north, by [[Maharashtra]] state in the east, by [[Tapi district]] in the south and by [[Bharuch district]] in the west. The district occupies an [[area]] of 2,755 km² and has a [[population]] of 590,297 (as of 2011). It was 10.44% 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> As of 2011, it is the third least populous district of Gujarat (out of [[Districts of Gujarat|33]]), after [[Dang District, India|Dang]] and [[Porbandar district|Porbandar]].<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>

89.5% of the district's population is rural and 81.6% of the population is [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled tribes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Narmada District Population, Caste, Religion Data (Gujarat) - Census 2011|url=https://www.censusindia.co.in/district/narmada-district-gujarat-487|publisher=Census India}}</ref>

==History==
This district was carved out on October 2, 1997. The newly formed district consisted of Tilakwada taluka of erstwhile [[Vadodara district]] and 3 talukas of erstwhile [[Bharuch district]]: Nandod, Dediyapada and Sagbara.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://narmadadp.gujarat.gov.in/narmada/english/index.htm|title=About District|publisher=Narmada District Panchayat}}</ref>

==Sagbara==
The district consists of 5 talukas: [[Tilakwada]], Garudeshwar, [[Nandod]] (including [[Rajpipla]]), [[Dediyapada]], and [[Sagbara]].

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Narmada one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the six districts in Gujarat currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=September 8, 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|access-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Narmada district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 590,297,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Solomon Islands]]<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 = Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Wyoming]].<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 =Wyoming 563,626
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 528th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 214 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.77%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Narmada has a [[sex ratio]] of 960 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.29%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 68.50% of the population in the district spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 14.8% [[Vasavi language|Vasava]], 11.57% [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]] and 1.73% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

== Historical Population ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,05,930|13=1911|14=1,21,901|15=1921|16=1,24,941|17=1931|18=1,42,172|19=1941|20=1,69,679|21=1951|22=1,88,765|23=1961|24=2,44,985|25=1971|26=3,12,095|27=1981|28=3,74,940|29=1991|30=4,49,376|31=2001|32=5,14,404|33=2011|34=5,90,297|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}}

==See also==
* [[Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary]]
* ''[[Statue of Unity]]''
* [[Narmada River]]
* [[Nandurbar district]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://narmada.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Narmada district
|North = [[Vadodara district]]
|Northeast = [[Chhota Udaipur district]]
|East = [[Nandurbar district]], [[Maharashtra]]
|Southeast = [[Tapi district]]
|South = [[Tapi district]]/[[Surat district]]
|Southwest = [[Surat district]]
|West = [[Bharuch district]]
|Northwest = [[Vadodara district]]}}

{{Gujarat}}
{{Narmada basin}}
{{Authority control}}

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