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, subdivision_name2 = , subdivision_name3 = , established_title = , established_date = , founder = , named_for = Karnavati , seat_type = Headquarters , seat = Ahmedabad , government_footnotes = , leader_party = Bjp(bharatiya janata party) , leader_title = District Collector , leader_name = Sandip J. Sagale IAS , leader_title1 = , leader_name1 = , total_type = , unit_pref = , area_footnotes = , area_magnitude = , area_total_km2 = 8087 , area_total_sq_mi = , area_land_km2 = , area_land_sq_mi = , area_water_km2 = , area_water_sq_mi = , area_water_percent = , area_note = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = , elevation_ft = , population_total = 7,045,313 , population_as_of = 2011 , population_footnotes = , population_density_km2 = auto , population_est = , population_rank = 1 of 33 in Gujarat , pop_est_as_of = , population_group of people called = Amdavadi , population_note = , timezone1 = I , utc_offset1 = , timezone1_DST = IST (UTC+05:30) , utc_offset1_DST = , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code = , area_code_type = , registration_plate. = GJ-1, GJ-27, GJ-38 , website = {{URL, https://ahmedabad.gujarat.gov.in/ , footnotes = , image_dot_map = , dot_mapsize = , dot_map_base_alt = , dot_map_alt = , dot_map_caption = , dot_x = , dot_y = , collector = Ahmedabad district comprises the city of Ahmedabad, in the central part of the state of

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. It is the seventh most populous district in India (out of

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).{{cite web , url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php , title = District Census 2011 , access-date = 2011-09-30 , year = 2011 , publisher = Census2011.co.in

Climate

{{Weather box , location = Ahmedabad , metric first = Yes , single line = Yes , Jan high C = 28.3 , Feb high C = 30.4 , Mar high C = 35.6 , Apr high C = 39.8 , May high C = 41.5 , Jun high C = 38.4 , Jul high C = 33.4 , Aug high C = 31.8 , Sep high C = 34.0 , Oct high C = 35.8 , Nov high C = 32.8 , Dec high C = 29.3 , year high C = 41.5 , Jan low C = 20.1 , Feb low C = 13.9 , Mar low C = 18.9 , Apr low C = 23.7 , May low C = 26.2 , Jun low C = 27.2 , Jul low C = 25.6 , Aug low C = 24.6 , Sep low C = 24.2 , Oct low C = 21.1 , Nov low C = 16.6 , Dec low C = 13.2 , year low C = 11.8 , rain colour = green , Jan rain mm = 2.0 , Feb rain mm = 1.0 , Mar rain mm = 0 , Apr rain mm = 3.0 , May rain mm = 20 , Jun rain mm = 103.0 , Jul rain mm = 247.0 , Aug rain mm = 288.0 , Sep rain mm = 83.0 , Oct rain mm = 23.0 , Nov rain mm = 14.0 , Dec rain mm = 5.0 , year rain mm = 789 , Jan rain days = 0.3 , Feb rain days = 0.3 , Mar rain days = 0.1 , Apr rain days = 0.3 , May rain days = 0.9 , Jun rain days = 4.8 , Jul rain days = 13.6 , Aug rain days = 15.0 , Sep rain days = 5.8 , Oct rain days = 1.1 , Nov rain days = 1.1 , Dec rain days = 0.3 , unit rain days = 0 mm , Jan sun = 288.3 , Feb sun = 274 , Mar sun = 279 , Apr sun = 307 , May sun = 329 , Jun sun = 237.0 , Jul sun = 130 , Aug sun = 111.6 , Sep sun = 222 , Oct sun = 291 , Nov sun = 273 , Dec sun = 288.3 , year sun = 3020 , source 1 = HKO , date = August 2015 , source =

Divisions

Following are the talukas of Ahmedabad district:

Talukas in Ahmedabad City - East

# Maninagar # Asarwa # Vatva

Talukas in Ahmedabad City - West

Vejalpur Vejalpur is a Census Town in the New West Zone of the metropolitan city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat. Geography Vejalpur (Gujarat) is geographically located at latitude (23.006145 degrees) 23°00'22.1" North of the Equator and l ...

# Sabarmati #

Ghatlodiya Ghatlodiya is an area in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, in western India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This ...

Talukas in Ahmedabad Suburban

Daskroi Daskroi is a taluka of Ahmedabad District {{Infobox settlement , name = Ahmedabad District , native_name = , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = District o ...

# Sanand

Talukas in Rural North Ahmedabad

# Viramgam #

Detroj-Rampura Detroj-Rampura is a taluka of Ahmedabad District, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous d ...

Mandal 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 ...

Talukas in Rural South Ahmedabad

# Bavla #

Dholka Dholka is a city and municipality in the Ahmedabad District of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the headquarters of Dholka Taluka, and is 48 km by road via National Highway 8A southwest of the city of Ahmedabad. Dholka has an average e ...

# Dhandhuka # Dholera

Politics

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Demographics

{{historical populations, 11=1901, 12=6,81,713, 13=1911, 14=7,17,107, 15=1921, 16=7,65,900, 17=1931, 18=8,50,077, 19=1941, 20=11,78,608, 21=1951, 22=15,16,191, 23=1961, 24=20,16,668, 25=1971, 26=27,65,925, 27=1981, 28=37,06,573, 29=1991, 30=46,31,351, 31=2001, 32=58,93,164, 33=2011, 34=72,14,225, percentages=pagr, footnote=source:, align=middle According to the 2011 census Ahmedabad district has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using ...

of 7,214,225, roughly equal to

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{{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 = June 13, 2007 , access-date = 2011-10-01 , quote = Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est. or the U.S. state of Washington. This gives it a ranking of 8th in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of {{convert, 983 , PD/sqkm, PD/sqmi . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.31%. Ahmedabad has a

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of 903 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 86.65%. The divided district has a population of 7,045,313. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 747,806 and 88,911 which is 10.61% and 1.26% of the population respectively.

Religion

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Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or ''dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global po ...

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Jainism Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...

, brown, 2.96 {{bar percent,

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, dodgerblue, 0.72 {{bar percent, Other or not stated, black, 0.40 Hindus are 5,885,869 while Muslims are 871,887, Jains are 208,575 and Christians 50,631.

Language

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Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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, value3 = 2.78 , color3 = green , label4 = Sindhi , value4 = 1.80 , color4 = limegreen , label5 =

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, value5 = 1.64 , color5 = red , label6 = Marwari , value6 = 2.09 , color6 = maroon , label7 = Other , value7 = 2.01 , color7 = grey

Notable people

* Acharya Hemachandra (1089–1172) Jain

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Joravarsinh Jadav Joravarsinh Danubhai Jadav (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian folklorist and proponent of the folk arts from Gujarat. Exposed to folk culture as a child, he studied history and culture in Ahmedabad. He has written and edited more than 90 work ...

(born 1940), folklorist

References

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External links

Official site
{{Geographic location , Centre = Ahmedabad district , North = Mahesana district , Northeast = Gandhinagar district , East = Kheda district

Anand district Anand District is an administrative district of Gujarat state in western India and whose popular nickname is Charotar. It was carved out of the Kheda district in 1997. Anand is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is bounde ...

, Southeast = Gulf of Khambhat , South =

Bhavnagar district Bhavnagar District is a district of southeastern Gujarat, India, on the Saurashtra peninsula. It is also known as Gohilwar as a major portion of Bhavnagar district was ruled by Gohil Rajputs. The administrative headquarters is in the town of B ...

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