Abdasa Taluka is a

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

(administrative subdivision) in Kutch District,

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 ...

, India. Its administrative centre is the town of

Naliya Naliya is a town, which is also the taluka headquarters of Abdasa Taluka of Kutch District, Gujarat, India. It is located on the western end of Kutch 19 km by road from ancient port of Jakhau. History Naliya was a prosperous trading town ...

. The taluka covers .

Demographics

In the 2001 India census, Abdasa Taluka had 97,508 inhabitants, 51.0% (49,740) male and 49.0% (47,768) female. This represented a 12.9% increase from 1991. The gender ratio in 2001 was 960 females per thousand males, a significant change from the 1002 value of 1991. The taluka was entirely rural.

Points of interest

The

Kutch Bustard Sanctuary Kutch Bustard Sanctuary or Kachchh Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary, also known as Lala–Parjan Sanctuary, is located near Jakhau village in Taluka Abdasa, Gujarat, India. This sanctuary is one of the two great Indian bustard sanctuaries in Guja ...

, also known as Lala–Parjan Sanctuary, is located in the taluka. With an area of about only 2 square kilometers, it is the smallest sanctuary in the country. There are approximately 30

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s here, second in population only to

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. Also Abdasa Taluka is a major pilgrimage center for

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s as it holds their sacred and famous five temples located in five towns of taluka -

Jakhau Jakhau (''Ja-kha-oo'', pronounced as Ja-kho by locals) is a village in Gujarat, western India. Administratively, it is under Abdasa Taluka, Kutch District, of Gujarat. Jakhau is 17 km by road west-southwest of Naliya, the taluka headquarter ...

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, Kothara and Suthari - which are in group known as ''Abdasa ni Panchtirthi'' - meaning five tirthas of Abdasa.

Villages

Abdasa Taluka has eighty-five

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s, and a total of 167 villages Including Varandi Moti.

Economy

The main crops are cotton, millet, groundnut, sunflower, and wheat.

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is commercially mined.

Rivers

Abdasa Taluka is drained by three rivers namely - Khari river, Kankavati river and Berachiya river.

Notes

Kutch district Talukas of Gujarat {{Kachchh-geo-stub