Kheda District is one of the thirty-three districts 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 in western India. Its central city,

Kheda Kheda, also known as Kaira, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was former administrative capital of Kheda district. India's First Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel Was Born In Kheda District of Gujarat State ...

, is the administrative headquarters of the district.

History

Formerly known as Kaira district, it was divided in two with the southern part becoming

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 ...

in 1997. The Charotar region of Kaira consisted of four

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 ...

s (sub-districts): Nadiad, Anand, Borsad, and

Petlad Petlad is a Town and a municipality "Taluka" in Anand district in the Gujarat state of India. Petlad was founded and ruled by Koli Chieftain A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept o ...

. When the district was divided, Nadiad Taluka went with Kheda district and the other three with Anand district. Today, Kheda has eleven talukas. Balasinor and Virpur, once in Kheda district, were moved to the newly formed Mahisagar district in 2013. During the

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in the first half of the 20th century, the

Patidar Patidar ( Gujarati: ) is an Indian landlord and agrarian caste found mostly in Gujarat but also in at least 22 other states of India. The community comprises at multiple subcastes, most prominently the Levas and Kadvas. They form one of the ...

s of the Charotar region and other areas in Kaira resisted the British in a number of standoffs, notably the Kaira anti-tax campaign of 1913, the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, the Borsad Satyagraha of 1923, and the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kheda district has a

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of 2,299,885, roughly equal to the nation of Latvia or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 197th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.81%. Kheda has a

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of 937

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 84.31%. The divided district has a population of 2,053,769. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 98,686 and 37,310 which is 4.81% and 1.82% of the population respectively. Hindus are 1,780,801, while Muslims are 239,214 and Christians are 26,387.

Language

Administrative divisions

Since 2013, Kheda district has been divided into eleven taluka. # Nadiad (city) #

Thasra Thasra is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Kheda district. List of segments This assembly seat represents the following segments, # Thasra Taluka Members of Legislative Assembly *200 ...

(code 03878), city of

Dakor Dakor is a small city and a municipality in Kheda district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is prominent for its grand temple of Shree Ranchhodraiji. Legends; History; Temple architecture Dakor, in its earlier phases as pilgrimage center in ...

, villages include Kalsar, #

Kapadvanj Kapadvanj (Karpat – Vanjiyam or "The Land of Textile") is a town as well as one of the Taluka of the Kheda district in the Gujarat India. It is located on bank of river Mohar. It is 65 km away from Ahmedabad and 93 km away from Vadod ...

, villages include Abvel, Antroli, Ghadiya, Telnar #Mehmedabad (Mahemdavad), headquartered in the town of

Mahemdavad Mahemdavad is a town with municipality in the Kheda district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Mahemdavad is situated on the Vatrak River bank. The nearest city is Kheda. It is 30 km from largest city of Gujarat, Ahmedabad. Nearest airport ...

, villages include Haldarvas, Kanij, Sarsavani #Kathlal, villages include Anara, Bajakapura #Matar, headquartered in Matar village, villages include Asamali #Mahudha, headquartered in the municipality of Mahisa, Mahudha, villages include Heranj #Kheda, villages include Dedarda, Vavdi #Nadiad (rural), villages include Davda #Galteshwar (, villages include Anghadi, Kuni, Pali #Vaso, headquartered in Vaso, villages include Palana, Rampur (Rampura)

Politics

Notable people

Govardhanram Tripathi Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi (; 20 October 1855 – 4 January 1907) was an Indian Gujarati language novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his four volume novel, '' Saraswatichandra'', acclaimed as one of the mas ...

(1855–1907) Writer; born in Nadiad. * Manilal Nabhubhai (1858–1898) Writer and philosopher; born in Nadiad. * Ravji Patel (1939–1968) Modernist poet and novelist; born in Vallavpura village. * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875 – 1950) Indian freedom fighter and first Home minister of India; born in Nadiad * Indulal Yagnik (1892-1972) Indian independence activist, leader of the All India Kisan Sabha, and the most influential leader of the Mahagujarat movement

References

External links

Official site

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