Tapi district

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,55,894|13=1911|14=1,66,720|15=1921|16=1,67,361|17=1931|18=1,83,989|19=1941|20=2,21,965|21=1951|22=2,63,380|23=1961|24=3,29,134|25=1971|26=4,57,502|27=1981|28=5,27,971|29=1991|30=6,26,979|31=2001|32=7,19,634|33=2011|34=8,07,022|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=right}}

According to the 2011 census, Tapi district has a population of 807,022,{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Tapi |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/420/download/1328/DH_2011_2426_PART_A_DCHB_TAPI.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Comoros{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.

}} or the US state of South Dakota.{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote =South Dakota 814,180

}} This gives it a ranking of 484th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert| 234 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.07%. Tapi has a sex ratio of 1004 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.23%. 9.85% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.01% and 84.18% of the population respectively.

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{{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|89.95}}

{{bar percent|Christianity|dodgerblue|6.56}}

{{bar percent|Islam|green|2.76}}

{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.73}}

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|caption = Languages of Tapi district (2011)

|label1 = Gujarati |value1 = 49.09 |color1 = skyblue

|label2 = Gamit |value2 = 14.53 |color2 = darkturquoise

|label3 = Bhili |value3 = 9.96 |color3 = teal

|label4 = Vasavi |value4 = 8.02 |color4 = cadetblue

|label5 = Chodri |value5 = 5.96 |color5 = lightseagreen

|label6 = Hindi |value6 = 2.86 |color6 = orange

|label7 = Marathi |value7 = 2.86 |color7 = red

|label8 = Kukna |value8 = 1.96 |color8 = paleturquoise

|label9 = Others |value9 = 4.76 |color9 = grey

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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 49.09% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 14.53% Gamit, 9.96% Bhili, 8.02% Vasava, 5.96% Chaudhari, 2.86% Hindi, 2.86% Marathi and 1.96% Kukna 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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1. Suresh Joshi (1921–1986) Writer and academic. Born in Valod.Mohan, Sarala Jag, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA100&lpg=PP9&dq=Urdu+poets&num=100&output=html Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature"] (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-313-28778-7}}, retrieved 10 December 2008
2. Amarsinh Bhilabhai Chaudhary, Former Chief Minister of Gujarat (July 1985 to December 1989)

The District shares Purna Wildlife Sanctuary with the Districts of Dang and Nandurbar, the latter of which is in Maharashtra. The sanctuary is a part of the Dangs' Forest.{{cite web |title=Mahal Eco Campsite |publisher=Gujarat Tourism |url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/destination/details/5/142 |access-date=2017-01-25}}{{cite web | url=http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf | title=Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India | first1=Pranav | last1=Trivedi | first2=V. C. | last2=Soni | work=Forktail | issue=22 | date=2006 | accessdate=14 November 2022 }}

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• [https://tapi.nic.in/ Official website]
• [http://tapidp.gujarat.gov.in Tapi district Panchayat website]
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{{Geographic location

|Centre = Tapi district

|North = Narmada district

|Northeast = Nandurbar district, Maharashtra

|East = Nandurbar district, Maharashtra

|Southeast = Nandurbar district, Maharashtra

|South = Dang district

|Southwest = Navsari district

|West = Surat district

|Northwest = Surat district}}

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Category:2007 establishments in Gujarat

Category:Districts of Gujarat