Gir Somnath district

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| settlement_type = District of Gujarat

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| subdivision_name2 = Saurashtra

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| seat = Somnath

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| leader_title = District Magistrate

| leader_name = H. K. Vadhvaniya, IAS

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| area_total_km2 = 3,755

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| population_total = 1,217,477

| population_as_of = 2011[http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/2016-17/Gir%20Somnath%202016-17.P.LSHAH.pdf|District{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Industrial Potentiality Survey Report of Gir Somnath [2016-17]

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| leader_name1 = Manoharsinh Jadeja, IPS

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Gir Somnath is a district of Gujarat, India. It is located on the southern corner of the Kathiawar peninsula with its headquarters at the city of Somnath.

Gir Somnath was split from Junagadh district in August 2013, when seven new districts came into existence in Gujarat.{{Cite news|title=Promises Delivered! Gujarat Cabinet approves creation of 7 New Districts and 22 New Talukas |date=25 January 2013 |publisher=Narendra Modi |url=http://www.narendramodi.in/promises-delivered-gujarat-cabinet-approves-creation-of-7-new-districts-and-22-new-talukas/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415142713/http://www.narendramodi.in/promises-delivered-gujarat-cabinet-approves-creation-of-7-new-districts-and-22-new-talukas/ |archivedate=15 April 2015 |url-status=live}}{{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/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816151212/http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archivedate=16 August 2013|url-status=live}}

Veraval, Talala, Sutrapada, Kodinar, Una and Gir-Gadhada are the talukas of Gir Somnath.

The Gir Forest is a home of many wildlife creatures including lions, deer, and monkeys. Asiatic Lions can be only be found in the Gir Forest.{{Cite web |url=https://girsomnath.gujarat.gov.in/about-gir-somnath |title=About Gir Somnath - Collectorate - District Gir Somnath |access-date=18 December 2017 |archive-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720165552/https://girsomnath.gujarat.gov.in/about-gir-somnath |url-status=dead }}

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Gir-Somnath district has a population of 1,217,477, of which 333,009 (27.35%) lived in urban areas. Gir-Somnath had a sex ratio of 964 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 113,822 (9.35%) and 17,761 (1.46%) of the population respectively.{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Junagadh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/384/download/1184/DH_2011_2412_PART_A_DCHB_JUNAGADH.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

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Hindus are 1,048,741 (86.14%) and Muslims 164,520 (13.52%) of the population respectively.{{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}}

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|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 1.70 |color2 = orange

|label3 = Others |value3 = 2.21 |color3 = grey

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At the time of the 2011 census 96.09% of the population spoke Gujarati and 1.70% Hindi 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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Bhuvavada{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=400}}
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