Mehsana district
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. Mehsana
Mehsana
Mahesana is a city and municipality in Mehsana district, in the Indian state of Gujarat.-City and surrounding area:Situated near Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, Mehsana is one of the largest cities in North Gujarat; followed by Patan and Palanpur. A number of primary industries including dairy, oil...
city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 18 lakhs and an area of over 4,500 km². There are over 600 villages in this district. It had a population of 1,837,892 of which 22.40% were urban as of 2001.
Mehsana district borders with Banaskantha district in the North, Patan
Patan, Gujarat
Patan was a capital of Gujarat in medieval times. It is the administrative seat of Patan District in the Indian state of Gujarat and administered by municipality. The city contains many Hindu and Jain temples as well as few mosques, dargahs and rojas...
and Surendranagar districts in West, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
districts in South and Sabarkantha district in the East.
Major towns of the district are Vijapur
Vijapur
Vijapur is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Vijapur is located at . It has an average elevation of 116 metres .-Demographics:...
, Bahucharaji, Modhera, Unjha
Unjha
Unjha is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Unjha is located at . It has an average elevation of 111 metres .-Demographics:...
, Vadnagar
Vadnagar
Vadnagar is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Vadnagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 143 metres .-Demographics:...
, Kalol
Kalol
Kalol is a city and a municipality in Panchmahal district in the Indian state of Gujarat.- Geography :Kalol is located at . It has an average elevation of 100 metres .It is famous for its oil field.- Industry :...
, Kadi
Kadi
Kadi may refer to:*Kadi, Gujarat, a city and municipality in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India*Kadhi, an Indian dish*Kadı, an official in the Ottoman empire*Qadi or kadi, Islamic judge*Al-Qadi, an Arabic surname*Quadi, an ancient Germanic tribe...
, Visnagar
Visnagar
Visnagar is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat."VISNAGAR" named after its founder king VISHALDEO from Ajmer Dynasty was founded in 953 on the auspicious day of 'Akhatrij'....
, Kherva
Kherva
Kherva , is a village in the Mehsana District, Gujarat, India, situated on State Highway 217 between Gandhinagar and Mehsana. It borders the following villages: Devarasan, Kadavasan, Mulsan, Jagudan, Sanganpur , Punasan, Hebuva, Udalpur, Gunjala, Dharusan and Damnava.The nearest railway stations...
, Jotana and Khadalpur, Sanganpur
Sanganpur
Sanganpur gu:સાંગણપુર also known as Sangalpur is a village in Mehsana district in the state of Gujarat, India.The nearest city from Sanganpur is Mehsana.Sanganpur is situated about 12 km from Mehsana city on South direction...
( સાંગણપુર ).
Motor vehicles registered in the district have their registration numbers starting with GJ-2.
History
Historically parts of this district have been broken off for the formation of new districts.- 1964 to Gandhinagar district.
- 2000 to Patan district.
Divisions
Mehsana district consists 9 talukas. These are BecharajiBecharaji
Becharaji or Bahucharaji is a small town and taluka place in Mehsana district of Gujarat in India. It is situated in northern part of Gujarat. It is a very popular religious place of Hindu religion...
, Kadi
Kadi
Kadi may refer to:*Kadi, Gujarat, a city and municipality in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India*Kadhi, an Indian dish*Kadı, an official in the Ottoman empire*Qadi or kadi, Islamic judge*Al-Qadi, an Arabic surname*Quadi, an ancient Germanic tribe...
, Kheralu
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 ofMahesana.-Geography:...
, Mahesana, Vadnagar
Vadnagar
Vadnagar is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Vadnagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 143 metres .-Demographics:...
, Vijapur
Vijapur
Vijapur is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Vijapur is located at . It has an average elevation of 116 metres .-Demographics:...
, Visnagar
Visnagar
Visnagar is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat."VISNAGAR" named after its founder king VISHALDEO from Ajmer Dynasty was founded in 953 on the auspicious day of 'Akhatrij'....
, Satlasana and Unjha
Unjha
Unjha is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Unjha is located at . It has an average elevation of 111 metres .-Demographics:...
.
There are 7 Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
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constituencies in this district: Kheralu, Unjha, Visnagar, Becharaji, Kadi, Mahesana and Vijapur. Kheralu is part of Patan Lok Sabha constituency and rest are part of Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency.
Agriculture
The main crops are BajraPearl millet
Pearl millet is the most widely grown type of millet. Grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times, it is generally accepted that pearl millet originated in Africa and was subsequently introduced into India. The center of diversity, and suggested area of domestication, for...
, jowar, jira, cotton and oilseeds mirch.
Commerce
The major trading centres in the district are oilseeds, jira (cuminCumin
Cumin is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to India. Its seeds are used in the cuisines of many different cultures, in both whole and ground form.-Etymology:...
), isabgul (psyllium
Psyllium
Psyllium , or Ispaghula , is the common name used for several members of the plant genus Plantago whose seeds are used commercially for the production of mucilage.-History:...
) and anise.
Mehsana district is the largest on-shore oil producing asset of ONGC in India, with 1,200 flowing oil wells and 23 active gas wells.
Asia's second largest dairy 'Dudh Sagar' is situated in Mehsana
Mehsana
Mahesana is a city and municipality in Mehsana district, in the Indian state of Gujarat.-City and surrounding area:Situated near Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, Mehsana is one of the largest cities in North Gujarat; followed by Patan and Palanpur. A number of primary industries including dairy, oil...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census2011 census of India
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Mehsana district has a population
Demographics of India
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of 2,027,727, roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia
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or the US state of New Mexico
New Mexico
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. This gives it a ranking of 229th in India (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
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). The district has a population density of 462 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
Family planning in India
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over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.91 %. Mahesana has a sex ratio
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....
of 925 females
Women in India
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for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
Literacy in India
Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...
of 84.26 %.