Narmada district is an administrative

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in the state of

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. The district headquarters are located at

Rajpipla Rajpipla is a town and a municipality in the Narmada district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was the capital of the former Kingdom of Rajpipla. Geography Rajpipla is located at . It has an average elevation of 148 metres (485 ...

. The district is bounded by

Vadodara 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 capita ...

and Chhota Udaipur districts in the north, by Nandurbar district of Maharashtra state in the east, by Surat and Tapi districts in the south and by

Bharuch district Bharuch (formerly commonly known as Broach) in India, is a district in the southern part of the Kathiawar peninsula on the west coast of state of Gujarat with a size and population comparable to that of Greater Boston. Bharuch derives its name f ...

in the west. The district occupies an

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of 2,755 km² and has a

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of 590,297 (as of 2011). It was 10.44% urban as of 2011. As of 2011, it is the third least populous district of Gujarat (out of 33), after Dang and Porbandar. 89.5% of the district's population is rural and 81.6% of the population is scheduled tribes.

History

This district was carved out on October 2, 1997. The newly formed district consisted of Tilakwada taluka of erstwhile

Vadodara district Vadodara District also known as Baroda District is a district in the eastern part of the state of Gujarat in western India. The city of Vadodara (Baroda), in the western part of the district, is the administrative headquarters. Vadodara Distric ...

and 3 talukas of erstwhile

: Nandod, Dediyapada and Sagbara.

Administration

The district consists of 5 talukas:

Tilakwada Tilakwada is a village in the Narmada district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tilakwada Taluka. Before formation of Narmada District in 1997, Tilakwada Taluka was part ...

, Garudeshwar, Nandod (including

Dediyapada Dediyapada ( ગુજરાતી : ડેડીયાપાડા) is a Tehsil and town in Narmada District with a sizable population of Tribal communities in which Vasava and Tadvi form the majority. This taluka is bounded by Zaghadia talu ...

, and

Sagbara Sagbara is a taluka in Narmada district, Gujarat, India. Its location is at NH-753B (Old SH-13) Ankleshwar-Valia-Netrang-Dediapada-Sagbara up to State Border to Akkalkuva in Maharashtra Demographics Religion Hindu, Muslim, and also Christian ...

.
It consists two ''Vidhan Sabha'' constituency: Nandod and Dediapada

Economy

In 2006 the

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named Narmada one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the six districts in Gujarat currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Narmada district has a

of 590,297, 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 528th 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 14.77%. Narmada has a

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of 960

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 73.29%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.48% and 81.55% of the population respectively.

Language

At the time of the

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, 68.50% of the population in the district spoke

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...

, 14.80%

Vasava The Vasava are an Adivasi clan of the Bhil ethnic community found in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan in India. They have scheduled tribe status. In Rajasthan, they are also known as Vasave. Origin The Vasava are a Bhil sub ...

, 11.57%

Haryanvi Haryanvi ( ' or '), also known as Bangru, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the state of Haryana in India, and to a lesser extent in Delhi. Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which also includes Kharib ...

and 1.73%

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

as their first language.2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
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Historical Population

Politics

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Narmada District Districts of Gujarat 1997 establishments in Gujarat