Nakhatrana 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,

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, India. Its administrative centre is the village of

Nakhatrana Nakhatrana () is a panchayat village and headquarters for a taluka in the middle of Kutch, Gujarat, in India. Nakhatrana got its name from a very famous tale when Paliwal Bramhins from Pali migrated to Kutch, the then ruler gifted greenest p ...

. The taluka covers .

Demographics

In the 2001 India census, Nakhatrana Taluka had 129,249 inhabitants, 50.8% (65,673) male and 49.2% (63,576) female. This represented a 10.5% increase from 1991. The gender ratio in 2001 was 968 females per thousand males, a significant change from the 1029 value of 1991. The taluka was entirely rural. Other 2001 census statistics for the taluka were: **

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- 15.1% **

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- 5.18% * Literacy - 65.78% ** Male - 75.87% ** Female - 55.43% * No. of Household - 23,974 * Population under age- group 0- 6 - 20,685 * Sex Ratio under age- group 0- 6 - 932 * Total Workers - 52,451 * Non Workers - 76,798

Points of interest

Dhinodhar Temple in the village of Dhinodhar, lies on beautiful mountain range with the abode of

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on the top of the hill. It is just 20 km away from the village of Nakhatrana on the way to Nani Aral village. Dhinodhar Hill has an elevation of 1190 feet, or 361 meters. The

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(or Kurk Vrut) passes through the southern tip of the temple. Other places in Nakhatrana Taluka include: * Roodimaa Sthanak on Virani Road, Umiya Agro Traders, * shankarvijay saw mill, Holipet Mountain in Navavas, * Greeneries of Jadai Road fields, * The chats of Vathan Chopati, * Fort Mahadev, and * Piyoni village, for its Shiva temple.

Villages

Nakhatrana Taluka has seventy-seven

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s, and a total of 133 villages.

Notes

External links

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