Junagadh district
Junagadh district | |
---|---|
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 362001 |
Vehicle registration | GJ 11 |
Website | junagadh |
Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.
Geography
The district is located on the
Porbandar was earlier a part of this district, before the Porbandar district was carved out of Junagadh district.[citation needed]
Junagadh has a mountain range called Girnar which is a place of pilgrimage for Hinduism and Jainism.
Divisions
Transportation
Junagadh is well connected by road and railway networks. It is about 100 km from Rajkot and 350 km from Ahmedabad. National highway 8D connects Junagadh to Rajkot via Jetpur.
Junagadh railway station is also well connected with Rajkot, Ahmedabad. It is in the city area. Junagadh also has an airport at Keshod which has limited connectivity with Mumbai.
The district has a long shoreline and has ports including
As of October 2011, the government of India had given its approval for a ropeway on Mount and in 2021 it was completed and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the past, helicopter service was available for Mount Girnar but it is now discontinued.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1901 | 415,521 | — |
1911 | 458,829 | +1.00% |
1921 | 491,969 | +0.70% |
1931 | 579,792 | +1.66% |
1941 | 729,508 | +2.32% |
1951 | 829,760 | +1.30% |
1961 | 1,051,074 | +2.39% |
1971 | 1,408,342 | +2.97% |
1981 | 1,813,780 | +2.56% |
1991 | 2,091,182 | +1.43% |
2001 | 2,448,173 | +1.59% |
2011 | 2,743,082 | +1.14% |
source:[3] |
According to the
The divided district has a population of 1,525,605, of which 573,403 (37.59%) lived in urban areas. Junagadh had a sex ratio of 945 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 151,971 (9.96%) and 37,810 (2.48%) of the population respectively.[1]
Hindus are 1,348,315 (88.38%) and Muslims 170,338 (11.17%) of the population respectively.[6]
Gujarati was the predominant language, spoken by 97.44% of the population.[7]
Politics
District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junagarh | 85 | Manavadar | Arvindbhai Ladani | Indian National Congress | Resigned on 06 March 2024 | |
Vacant | ||||||
86 | Junagadh | Sanjay Koradiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
87 | Visavadar | Bhupendra Bhayani | Aam Aadmi Party | Resigned on 13 December 2023[8] | ||
Vacant | ||||||
88 | Keshod | Devabhai Malam | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
89 | Mangrol (Junagadh) | Bhgwanjibhai Kargatiya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Notable personalities
- Narsinh Mehta (1414?–1481?), poet-saint, born in Talaja, Bhavnagar
- Putlibai Gandhi, mother of Mahatma Gandhi
- Chief Minister of Gujarat, born in Visavadarin Junagadh
- Wazir Mohammad (1929–), cricketer, born at Junagadh, later settled in Pakistan
- Dhirubhai Ambani (1932–2002), business magnate and entrepreneur, born at Chorwad, Junagadh
- Hanif Mohammad (1934–2016), cricketer, born at Junagadh, settled in Pakistan after 1947
- Rajendra Shukla (1942–), poet, born at Bantwa, Junagadh
- Mushtaq Mohammad (1943–), cricketer, born at Junagadh, later settled in Pakistan
- Sadiq Mohammad (1945–), cricketer, born at Junagadh, later settled in Pakistan
- Parveen Babi (1949–2005), Bollywood actress, born at Junagadh
- Nawab Muhammad Mahabat Khan
Flora and fauna
Junagadh contains the
Education
Junagadh Agricultural University is famous here. Other educational institutes include:
- N R Vekaria Institutes of Business Management Studies
- Amrut Institute, Junagadh
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "District Census Hand Book – Junagadh" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- 2011 Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the originalon 28 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
Jamaica 2,868,380 July 2011 est
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
Utah 2,763,885
- ^ a b "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
External links
- Official website
- Junagadh Collectorate official website Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Junagadh Jilla Panchayat official website
- Geographic data related to Junagadh district at OpenStreetMap