Bharuch district

Coordinates: 20°42′N 72°59′E / 20.700°N 72.983°E / 20.700; 72.983
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Bharuch.

Bharuch district
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Vehicle registrationGJ-16
Websitebharuch.nic.in

Bharuch (formerly commonly known as Broach) in India, is a district in the southern part of the

Gulf of Khambat
through its lands and that shipping artery gave inland access to the kingdoms and empires located in the central and northern parts of the sub-continent of India.

History

Map of Broach or Bharuch district, Bombay Presidency, British India, 1877

The city of

Persian Empires and in the Roman Republic and Empire and other Western centres of civilisation right on through the end of the European Middle Ages
.

With the advent of the European Age of Discovery, the presence of deep draft sea going shipping it began a long slow decline in importance as it was a bit too far north to be convenient to shipping not confined to keeping within sight of shore.

Divisions

Administratively, it contains the

Vagra. It also contains the city of Bharuch
.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901321,528—    
1911368,466+1.37%
1921374,101+0.15%
1931423,980+1.26%
1941506,264+1.79%
1951558,930+0.99%
1961684,166+2.04%
1971841,048+2.09%
1981970,172+1.44%
19911,148,252+1.70%
20011,370,656+1.79%
20111,551,019+1.24%
source:[1]
Religions in Bharuch district (2011)[2]
Hinduism
 
 76.61%
Islam
 
 22.15%
Christianity
 
 0.61%
Other or not stated
 
 0.63%
Distribution of religions

According to the

640).[3] The district has a population density of 238 inhabitants per square kilometre (620/sq mi).[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.14%.[3] Bharuch has a sex ratio of 924 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 83.03%. 33.85% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4.01% and 31.48% of the population respectively.[3]

Languages of Bharuch district (2011)[6]

  Gujarati (90.01%)
  Hindi (6.30%)
  Marathi (1.13%)
  Urdu (0.57%)
  Others (1.99%)

At the time of the

2011 Census of India, 90.02% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 6.30% Hindi, 1.13% Marathi. and 0.57% Urdu as their first language.[6]

Politics

This section is transcluded from 15th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)
District No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
Bharuch District 150 Jambusar Devkishordas Swami Bharatiya Janata Party
151 Vagra Arunsinh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party
152 Jhagadiya (ST) Ritesh Vasava Bharatiya Janata Party
153 Bharuch Rameshbhai Mistry Bharatiya Janata Party
154 Ankleshwar Ishwarsinh Patel Bharatiya Janata Party

Notable personalities

See also

References

  1. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  2. ^ "Population by Religion – Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Hand Book – Bharuch" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  4. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Gabon 1,576,665
  5. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Hawaii 1,360,301
  6. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  7. ^ "Bhavan's Faith". Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Tribhuvandas Luhar (Sundaram)". Thakkar Numismatic and Art Foundation. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

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