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This article is about the district in Gujarat, India. For the city, see Dwarka.

Devbhumi Dwarka District is a district of India located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Kutch in the state of Gujarat. Its headquarters are located in the city of Jamkhambhaliya. The district was created on 15 August 2013 from Jamnagar district.[1][2][3]

Talukas (Administrative Divisions)

The district consists of 4 talukas:

  1. Dwarka
  2. Bhanvad
  3. Kalyanpur
  4. Jamkhambhaliya

Demographics

The divided district had a population of 752,484, of which 241,795 (32.13%) lived in urban areas. The residual district had a sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 50,937 (6.77%) and 9,687 (1.29%) of the population respectively.[4]

Religion

Religions in Devbhumi Dwarka district (2011)[5]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 84.65%
Islam
 
 15.00%
Other or not stated
 
 0.35%

Hindus were 636,991 (84.65%) while Muslims were 112,894 (15.00%).[5]

Language

Languages of Devbhumi Dwarka district (2011)[6]

  Gujarati (88.12%)
  Kachchhi (9.35%)
  Hindi (1.63%)
  Others (0.90%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 88.12% of the population spoke Gujarati, 9.35% Kachchhi and 1.63% Hindi as their first language.[6]

Politics

This section is transcluded from 15th Gujarat Assembly. ( | history)
District No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
Devbhoomi Dwarka 81 Khambhaliya Mulubhai Bera Bharatiya Janata Party MoS
82 Dwarka Pabubha Manek Bharatiya Janata Party

Villages

References

  1. ^ "Independence Day - new Dwarka district ~ Jamnagar News". jamnagar-news.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Seven new districts as Gujarat's I-Day gift | Latest News & Updates at". Dnaindia.com. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. ^ "7 new districts to start functioning from Independence Day". The Times of India. 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. ^ "District Census Hand Book – Jamnagar" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. ^ a b "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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