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Gir Somnath District
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. 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. Demographics The district has a population of 1,217,477 at the time of the 2011 census. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 113,822 and 17,761 which is 9.35% and 1.46% of the population respectively. Hindus are 1,048,741, Muslims are 164,520 which is 86.14% and 13.52% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census 96.09% of the population spoke Gujarati and 1.70% Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanag ...
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List Of Districts Of Gujarat
The western Indian state Gujarat has 33 districts after several splits of the original 17 districts at the formation of the state in 1960. Kutch is the largest district of Gujarat while Dang is the smallest. Ahmedabad is the most populated district while Dang is the least. There are 252 Talukas (subdivisions of districts) in Gujarat. History 1960 Gujarat state was created on 1 May 1960, out of the 17 northern districts of Bombay State when that was split on a linguistic basis (also creating Marathi speaking Maharashtra). They are as follow : Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dang, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachchh, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar and Vadodara. 1964 In 1964, Gandhinagar was formed from parts of Ahmedabad and Mehsana. 1966 In 1966, Valsad was split from Surat. 1997 On 2 October 1997, five new districts were created: * Anand was split from Kheda. *Dahod was split from Panchmahal. * Narmad ...
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Talala, Gujarat
Talala (Gir) is a city and a taluka in Gir Somnath district in the India, Gujarat States and territories of India, state of India, also known as capital of Gir. Talala, 75 km from Junagadh, is famous for Asiatic lions and its huge orchards of Kesar mangoes. Earlier Talala (Gir) was part of Junagadh district, but now it comes under Gir Somnath District. Places APMC Market Yard Talala (Gir) APMC Talala (Gir) was established on 6 June 1987, it started its operation in 1991. Total construction cost of APMC was around 2,19,84,984 which includes building of shops, road, godown, compound wall, office. Auction of kesar mango in APMC started on 29 April 2000. Sri Bai Ashram Sri Bai Ashram is located on the bank of Hiran River. It is a historic temple of Sri Bai. Hadmatiya Stupa Buddhist Stupa, belonging to the era of Western Satraps, Kshatrapas (built in the 2nd century), locally known as Vajir Panat No Kotho is in the forest three kilometres away from the village Hadmat ...
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Sasan Gir
Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India. It is located north-east of Somnath, south-east of Junagadh and south-west of Amreli. It was established in 1965 in the erstwhile Nawab of Junagarh's private hunting area, with a total area of , of which is fully protected as a national park and as wildlife sanctuary. It is part of the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion. The 14th Asiatic Lion Census 2015 was conducted in May 2015. In 2015, the population was 523 (27% up compared to previous census in 2010). The population was 411 in 2010 and 359 in 2005. The lion population in Junagadh District was 268 individuals, 44 in Gir Somnath District, 174 in Amreli District, and 37 in Bhavangar District. There are 109 males, 201 females and 213 cubs. Gir National Park is closed from 16 June to 15 October every year, throughout the monsoon season. History In the 1 ...
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Matana, Gir Somnath
Matana is a village in Sutrapada Taluka, Gir Somnath district of Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ... state, India. Villages in Gir Somnath district {{Gujarat-geo-stub ...
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Delwada
Delvada, also known as Delwada, is a village in Una Taluka, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat, India. It is located on the banks of the Machundri River, 5 km from Una and about 8 km from Diu. Several religious and social groups exist in Delvada. These include: Kolis, Patels, Muslim, Brahmin, Lohana, and Sindhi. Due to its proximity to the Arabian Sea, the weather is extremely humid. Economy While much of the population of Delvada depends upon the agriculture for their livelihood, 60% of the inhabitants work in the diamond business and 10% manage shops. Transportation From the Delvada Railway Station, people can travel to Veraval and Junagadh, among other towns and cities. People can also take Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation buses, as well as those of private bus companies. The closest airport to Delvada is the Diu Airport, located approximately 14 km away. Important places Julta Minara (Shaking Minarets) There are two minara, which are holy places f ...
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Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ...
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Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were known as the Depressed Classes. In modern literature, the ''Scheduled Castes'' are sometimes referred to as Dalit, meaning "broken" or "dispersed", having been popularised by B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), a Dalit himself, an economist, reformer, chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India, and Dalit leader during the independence struggle. Ambedkar preferred the term Dalit to Gandhi's term, Harijan, meaning "person of Hari/Vishnu" (or Man of God). In September 2018, the government "issued an advisory to all private satellite channels asking them to 'refrain' from using the nomenclature 'Dalit'", though "rights groups and i ...
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Muslims
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main Islamic prophet. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ('' sunnah'') as recorded in traditional accounts (''hadith''). With an estimated population of almost 1.9 billion followers as of 2020 year estimation, Muslims comprise more than 24.9% of the world's total population. In descending order, the percentage of people who identify as Muslims on each continental landmass stands at: 45% of Africa, 25% of Asia and Oceania (collectively), 6% of Europe, and 1% of the Americas. Additionally, in subdivided geographical regions, the figure stands at: 91% of the Middle East–North Africa, 90% of Central Asia, 65% of the Caucasus, 42% of Southeast Asi ...
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Hindus
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. The term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name ''Sindhu'' (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus. The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Indus River, Sindhu (Indus) River. By the 16th century CE, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic peoples, Turkic or Muslims. Hindoo is an archaic spelling variant, whose use today is considered derogatory. The historical development of Hindu self-i ...
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Asiatic Lions
The Asiatic lion is a population of ''Panthera leo leo'' that today survives in the wild only in India. Since the turn of the 20th century, its range has been restricted to Gir National Park and the surrounding areas in the Indian state of Gujarat. Historically, it inhabited much of southwest Asia to northern India. The first scientific description of the Asiatic lion was published in 1826 by the Austrian zoologist Johann N. Meyer, who named it ''Felis leo persicus''. On the IUCN Red List, it is listed under its former scientific name ''Panthera leo persica'' as Endangered because of its small population size and area of occupancy. Until the 19th century, it occurred in Saudi Arabia, eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesopotamia, Pakistan, and from east of the Indus River to Bengal and the Narmada River in Central India. The population has steadily increased since 2010. In May 2015, the 14th Asiatic Lion Census was conducted over an area of about ; the lion population was estimated at 523 i ...
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Gir Forest
Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India. It is located north-east of Somnath, south-east of Junagadh and south-west of Amreli. It was established in 1965 in the erstwhile Nawab of Junagarh's private hunting area, with a total area of , of which is fully protected as a national park and as wildlife sanctuary. It is part of the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion. The 14th Asiatic Lion Census 2015 was conducted in May 2015. In 2015, the population was 523 (27% up compared to previous census in 2010). The population was 411 in 2010 and 359 in 2005. The lion population in Junagadh District was 268 individuals, 44 in Gir Somnath District, 174 in Amreli District, and 37 in Bhavangar District. There are 109 males, 201 females and 213 cubs. Gir National Park is closed from 16 June to 15 October every year, throughout the monsoon season. History In the 19 ...
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Gir Gadhada Taluka
Gir Gadhada Taluka is a taluka of Gir Somnath district in the state of Gujarat, India. Before 2013 the area was part of Una Taluka, but it became a taluka in its own right with the creation of Gir Somnath District in August of that year. Gir Gadhada Taluka has population around 15,600. The village of Gir Gadhada became its administrative headquarters. Villages Revenue records list forty-two villages for Gir Gadhada Taluka. #Ambavad #Ankolali # Babariya #Bediya #Bhakha #Bhiyal #Bodidar #Dhokadva #Dhrabavad #Dron # Fareda # Fatsar #Fulka #Gir Gadhada Gir Gadhada is a town in Gir Somnath district in the state of Gujarat, India. Before 2013, it was a town of Una Taluka in Junagadh District, Now it has become the administrative headquarters for 42 villages when that taluka was created as part o ... # Harmadiya # JASHADHAR GIR # Itvaya # Jamvala # Jaragli # Jhanjhariya # Jhudvadli # Juna Ugla # Kanakiya # Kaneri # Kansariya # Khilavad # Kodiya # Mahobatpara # Motisar # Nagadiya # ...
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