Bhavnagar district

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Bhavnagar District covers an area of over 8334 km². The coastal area is mostly alluvium.

Bhavnagar borders with Ahmedabad District to the northeast, Botad District to the northwest, the Gulf of Cambay to the east and south and Amreli District to the west.

Bhavnagar State was a salute state during the Raj,{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/jillavishe/history.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927221408/http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/jillavishe/history.htm |archive-date=27 September 2013 |publisher=Bhavnagar District Panchayat, Gujarat Government}} ruled by the Gohil Rajputs.{{Cite book|author=Singhji, Virbhadra |year=1994|chapter=The Gohil Rajputs |title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra |location=Bombay, India |publisher=Popular Prakashan |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&pg=PA38 38] |isbn=978-81-7154-546-9}}

Bhavnagar lost two talukas, Botad and Gadhada, to the creation in August 2013 of the new district of Botad.{{Cite news|title=Maps of Gujarat’s new 7 districts and changes in existing districts |date=13 August 2013|newspaper=Desh Gujarat |url=http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816151212/http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archive-date=16 August 2013|url-status=live}}

Bhavnagar District is divided into ten talukas: Bhavnagar, Sihor, Umrala, Gariadhar, Palitana, Mahuva, Talaja, Ghogha, Jesar and Vallbhipur.{{Cite web|title=Taluka Panchayat |publisher=Bhavnagar District Panchayat, Gujarat Government |url=http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720230831/http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm | archive-date=20 July 2013|url-status=live}} There are close to 800 villages in this district, for example, Tana.

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,63,403|13=1911|14=4,99,690|15=1921|16=4,90,446|17=1931|18=5,59,723|19=1941|20=6,81,078|21=1951|22=7,89,232|23=1961|24=9,94,473|25=1971|26=12,47,432|27=1981|28=16,81,073|29=1991|30=20,69,953|31=2001|32=24,69,630|33=2011|34=28,80,365|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=middle}}

According to the 2011 census Bhavnagar district has a population of 2,880,365,{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Bhavnagar |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/388/download/1200/DH_2011_2414_PART_A_DCHB_BHAVNAGAR.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica{{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 = Jamaica 2,868,380 July 2011 est | archive-date = 2011-09-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead }} or the US state of Kansas.{{cite web

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}} This gives it a ranking of 133rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert|288|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.53%. Bhavnagar has a sex ratio of 931 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.84%.

The divided district has a population of 2,393,272, of which 676,189 (28.25%) lived in urban areas. Bhavnagar had a sex ratio of 930 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 125,441 (5.24%) and 8,039 (0.34%) of the population respectively.

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Hindus were 2,176,962 while Muslims were 187,148 and Jains 21,851.{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Population by Religion - Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11373/download/14486/DDW24C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

The population development of the cities and towns in Bhavnagar.{{Cite web |title=Bhavnagar (District, Gujarat, India) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/india/gujarat/2414__bhavnagar/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=citypopulation.de}}

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At the time of the 2011 census, 97.87% of the population spoke Gujarati, 1.02% Hindi and 0.63% Sindhi as their first language.{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

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Among the many historical places in Bhavnagar District are:{{Cite web|title=Historical Places|publisher=Bhavnagar District Panchayat, Gujarat Government |url=http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/jillavishe/historical-places/historical-places-index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626234058/http://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar/english/jillavishe/historical-places/historical-places-index.htm | archive-date=26 June 2014|url-status=live}}

• Buddhist caves in Taleja,
• Statues of Seven Sisters in Rauhishala, and
• Gandhi Memorial and Sardar Memorial at Crescent Circle in the town of Bhavnagar.

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Velavadar Blackbuck National Park is the only tropical grassland in India recognised as a National park. It is spread over an area of 34.08 km². The park contains mainly blackbuck, antelopes, nilgai, wolves, jackals, hyenas, jungle cats, fox, and wild boar. Endangered birds such as Houbara Bustard, Lesser Florican, Sarus White Storks, White Pelican, Montagu, and Pallid harrier also call the park home. Raptors including the Greater Spotted Eagle, Juvenile Imperial Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Short-toed Snake Eagle, and Long-legged Buzzard are also seen in the park. The climate in Velavdar National Park makes it one of the best places for the migrating birds to breed.

Piram Island is an island approximately 6 km offshore off Ghogha. It is said that this island was created about 3.5 million years ago. It is well known for its diversity of life, including many vulnerable or endangered species. There is a ruined fort which was built in 1325. The island has mangrove vegetation and also nesting site for two endangered species of sea turtle; Olive ridley sea turtle and Green sea turtle, and around fifty species of birds, mostly seabirds.

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{{Geographic location

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|North = Botad district

|Northeast = "ahmedabad district

|East = Gulf of Khambhat

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|Southwest = Amreli district

|West = Amreli district

|Northwest = Rajkot district

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