Mehsana district (alternate spelling "Mahesana") is one of the 33 districts of

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state in western

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Mehsana Mehsana (), also spelled Mahesana, is a city and municipality in Mehsana district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. Established in 14th century, the city was under Gaekwads of Baroda State from 18th century to the independence of India in 1947 ...

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. Mehsana district borders with

Banaskantha Banaskantha district is one of the thirty-three districts of the Gujarat state of India. The administrative headquarters of the district is at Palanpur which is also its largest city. The district is located in the Northeast of Gujarat and is pre ...

district in the north, Patan and

Surendranagar Surendranagar Dudhrej is a municipality in Surendranagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Dudhrej municipality is directly connected with Wadhwan city and Wadhwan municipality. Etymology Dudhrej was originally a nes (hamlet) settled ...

districts in west,

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and Ahmedabad districts in south and

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district in the east. Major towns of the district are Mehsana,

Vijapur Vijapur is a city and a municipality in the Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Notables 1.Vijapur is the birthplace of Jain monk Buddhisagar Suri. Buddhisagarsuri (1874–1925) was an ascetic, philosopher and author of the ear ...

Bahucharaji Becharaji or Bahucharaji is a Hindu temple town and taluka capital in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India. The temple of Hindu goddess Bahuchara Mata in the town is major pilgrimage centre. History The name of the town is derived from Bahuc ...

Satlasana Satlasana is a town in Satlasna taluka in Mehsana district of Gujarat state, India. It is located north from the district headquarters Mehsana. It is a Taluka headquarter. Kheralu, Khedbrahma, Idar, Vadnagar Vadnagar is a town and municipal ...

Modhera Modhera is a village in Mehsana district of Gujarat, India. The town is well known for the Sun Temple of Chaulukya era. The town is located on the bank of Pushpavati river. History The town was known as Dharmaranya during Puranic age. It is be ...

Unjha Unjha is a town and a municipality in the Mehsana district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Unjha is 26 km north of Mehsana and 102 km north of Ahmedabad. Geography Unjha is located at . It has an average elevation of 111 metres (3 ...

Vadnagar Vadnagar is a town and municipality in the Mehsana district of the state of Gujarat in India. It just about 35 km from Mehsana city. Its ancient name was Anartapura, and was also known as Anandapura. It was a Buddhist location visited by X ...

, Kalol, Kadi,

Visnagar Visnagar is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Visnagar is also a taluka capital. History "Visnagar" named after its founder king Visaladev from Ajmer Dynasty was founded in 953 on the auspicious day ...

Kherva Kherva is a village in the Mehsana District, Gujarat, India, situated on State Highway 73 between Gandhinagar and Mehsana. It borders the following villages: Devarasan, Kadavasan, Mulsan, Jagudan, Sanganpur, Punasan, Hebuva, Udalpur, Gunjala, D ...

, Jotana and

Kheralu Kheralu is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is a little north of Mahesana Proper town and it is approximately half the size of Mehsana. History A Bodhisattva sculpture from 3rd-4th century CE was ...

History

Mehsaji Chavda, a Rajput and an heir of

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, established Mehsana. He constructed the ''Toran'' (arc gate) of city and a temple dedicated to Goddess Toran in

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1414, Bhadrapad Sud 10 (1358 AD). It is described by Jaisinh Brahmbhatt in poems of 1932 AD. 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).

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s conquered

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

and established Baroda State. They expanded their rule in north Gujarat and established Patan as its administrative headquarters. Later the headquarters was moved to Kadi and subsequently to Mehsana in 1902. This northern area under Baroda was divided in 8 ''mahal''s. Gaekwad also connected the city by Baroda State railway which was opened on 21 March 1887.

Sayajirao Gaekwad III Sayajirao Gaekwad III (born Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad; 11 March 1863 – 6 February 1939) was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939, and is remembered for reforming much of his state during his rule. He belonged to the royal Ga ...

built a palace known as ''Rajmahal'' in Vikram Samvat 1956 for his son Fatehsinhrao. It is now used as a district court. Baroda state was merged with India after independence in 1947. It was included in Bombay state. Later became part of

in 1960 after partition of

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state into Gujarat and Maharashtra. Now Mehsana is a standalone district in north Gujarat.

Divisions

There are 7

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constituencies in this district:

, Bechraji, Kadi,

Mahesana Mehsana (), also spelled Mahesana, is a city and municipality in Mehsana district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. Established in 14th century, the city was under Gaekwads of Baroda State from 18th century to the independence of India in 194 ...

and

is part of Patan constituency and rest are part of

constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Mehsana district has a

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of 2,035,064, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 229th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.91%. Mehsana has a

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of 925

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for every 1,000 males, and a

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of 84.26%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 7.97% and 0.46% of the population respectively. At the time of the

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, 97.58% of the population in the district spoke

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and 1.76%

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as their first language.2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
/ref> Mehsana district consists 10 talukas: Becharaji, Kadi,

, Mahesana,

, Jotana, and

. Populations as of 2011 were as follows:

Taluka's Population

Politics

Education

Government District Library Mehsana Gujarat India

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,

, Mehsana * Unjha Engineering College * L.C.I.T Institute of Technology, Bhandu * Marchant Institute of Technology, Basna, Mehsana * Government Engineering College, Katpur *

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT), officially Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, is an autonomous un-aided Research and Engineering Institute affiliated to University of Mumbai. The college was established i ...

, 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,

(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

History

Divisions

Demographics

Taluka's Population

Politics

Education

Engineering colleges in Mehsana district

Pharmacy and Medical colleges in Mehsana district

Science colleges in Mehsana district

Teacher colleges in Mehsana district

See also

References

External links