Rajkot district: Difference between revisions

| name                   = Rajkot district

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| settlement_type         = District

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| image_map               = Rajkot in Gujarat (India).svg

| map_caption             = Location of district in Gujarat

| coordinates             = {{coord|22.30|N|70.78|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type       = Country

| subdivision_name       = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]

| subdivision_name1       = [[Gujarat]]

| subdivision_type2       = Region

| subdivision_name2       = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]

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| established_date       = 1620

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| named_for               = Raju Sandhi

| seat_type               = Headquarters

| seat                   = [[Rajkot]]

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| unit_pref               = Metric

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| area_total_km2         = 11203

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| population_total       = 3,804,558

| population_as_of       = 2011

| population_footnotes   =<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><ref name=gujd>{{cite web|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/gujarat.html|title=Districts of Gujarat}}</ref>

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_rank         =67 of 640 in India<br>4 of 26 in Gujarat

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| demographics_type1     = Languages

| demographics1_title1   = Official

| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

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| area_code_type         = Telephone code

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| website                 = {{URL|www.rajkot.gujarat.gov.in}}  

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| demographics1_info1     = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]

The district is named after its headquarters, Rajkot city. The name of the city of Rajkot (literally means the city of princes) was probably derived from [http://library.rotaryrajkotmidtown.org/heritage.asp Raju Sandhi], the co-founder of the erstwhile [[princely state]] of Rajkot in 1620.

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=5,00,686|13=1911|14=5,90,389|15=1921|16=5,86,561|17=1931|18=6,78,820|19=1941|20=7,99,863|21=1951|22=9,30,024|23=1961|24=12,08,519|25=1971|26=16,24,072|27=1981|28=20,93,094|29=1991|30=25,14,122|31=2001|32=31,69,881|33=2011|34=38,04,558|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Rajkot district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,804,558,<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 [[Liberia]]<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 =Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est.

  }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 68th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 339 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was  19.87%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Rajkot has a [[sex ratio]] of 924 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 82.2%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 96.41% of the population in the district spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 1.96% [[Hindi]] and 0.73% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

The District has a considerable population of Sindhi Speaking people and Sindhi tribes such as Sammas, Jadejas etc. There are also some graves of Samma princes of Sindh from [[Samma Dynasty]], that ruled Sindh from 1350 AD to 1520 AD.

*[[Hemu Gadhvi]]: Famous folk Singer