Kheda District, known as Kaira District during

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, is one of the thirty-three districts of

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state in western

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. It is part of the region known as Charotar, consisting of

Kheda Kheda is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kheda was known as Kaira during the British Raj. It was the former administrative capital of Kheda district. The city is known for tobacco farming. The nearest railway statio ...

and

Anand Anand may refer to: People * Anand (name), a surname and given name (including a list of people with the name) * Anand (clan), a clan of an Indian caste * Anand (actor), Indian actor * Anand (Maoist), Indian communist * Anand (writer) (born 1936 ...

districts.

was an administrative capital during British rule.

Nadiad Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir,

is now 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, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

s (sub-districts):

Nadiad Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir,

Borsad Borsad is a town and a municipality in Anand district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is located around 17 km from Anand. It is surrounded by the fertile Charotar region which largely produces tobacco, bananas, cotton, barley and o ...

, 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, chieftain, or headman is a leader of a tribe, tribal society or chiefdom. Trib ...

. When the district was divided, Nadiad Taluka went with Kheda district and the other three with Anand district. Today,

has eleven talukas.

Balasinor Balasinor, also known as Vadasinor, is a city located in the Mahisagar district of Gujarat, India. The city was formerly part of Balasinor State, a princely state ruled by the Babi dynasty, from September 1758 until its accession to India in ...

and

Virpur Virpur may refer to the following places in the state of Gujarat, western India: * Virpur (Rajkot), in Rajkot district ** Virpur-Kherdi State, former Indian princely state with seat in the above town ** Virpur railway station * Virpur (Mahisagar), ...

, once in Kheda district, were moved to the newly formed

Mahisagar district Mahisagar district is a district in the state of Gujarat in India that came into being on 26 January 2013, becoming the 28th district of the state. The district has been carved out of the Panchmahal district and the Kheda district. District Name ...

in 2013. During the

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in the first half of the 20th century, the

Patidar Patidar (Gujarati language, Gujarati: ), formerly known as Kunbi, Kanbi (Gujarati language, Gujarati: ), is an Indian land-owning and peasant Caste system in India, caste and community native to Gujarat. The community comprises at multiple sub ...

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 Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 was a satyagraha movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat in India organised by Mahatma Gandhi during the period of the British Raj. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. It was the second Sa ...

, the Borsad Satyagraha of 1923, and the

Bardoli Satyagraha The Bardoli Satyagraha, was a farmers' agitation and nationalist movement in India against the increased taxation of farmers by the colonial government. It demanded a cancellation of the 22% tax hike being levied in Bombay Presidency. The move ...

of 1928.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kheda district has a

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

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

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). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.81%. Kheda has a

sex ratio A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...

of 937

females An organism's sex is female (symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and male ...

for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

of 84.31%. The divided district had a population of 2,053,769, of which 474,041 (23.08%) lived in urban areas. The divided district had a sex ratio of 940 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 98,686 (4.81%) and 37,310 (1.82%) of the population respectively. Hindus are 1,780,801, while Muslims are 239,214 and Christians are 26,387.

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 97.35% of the population spoke

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and 2.01%

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as their first language.

Administrative divisions

Since 2013, Kheda district has been divided into eleven taluka. #

Nadiad Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir,

City (Urban) headquarters in the Municipal corporation of Nadiad. #

Headquarter in the Municipality Of Kheda, Villages include Dedarda, Vavdi #

Thasra Thasra is Town and Tehsil Of Kheda district. one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. Thasra Thasra assembly constituency is one of the 182 assembly constituencies in Gujarat state. It is a General cate ...

(

Dakor Dakor (Gujarati language, Gujarati: ISO 15919: ''Ḍākōra'') is a small city and a municipality in Kheda district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is prominent for its temple of Raṇchoḍrāyjī. History and Temple The temple of Raṇcho ...

) -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 Vado ...

- 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 Mahisa is a small town of the Kheda district of Gujarat, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of co ...

Mahudha Mahudha is a Village and municipality in Kheda district in the Indian state of Gujarat.Mahudha is about 25 kilometres away (SE) from the pilgrim town of Dakor. The nearest city, Nadiad, is 16 kilometres south west. Geography Mahudha is located ...

, villages include Heranj #Nadiad (Rural), villages include Davda #Galteshwar (), villages include Anghadi, Kuni, Pali #Vaso, headquartered in Vaso, villages include Palana, Rampur, Gangapur.

Politics

Notable people Of Kheda District

Urjit Patel Urjit Patel (born 28 October 1963) is a Kenyan-born Indian economist, who formerly served as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and also Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, looking after monetary policy, economic research, ...

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's ex governor belongs to Kheda *

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 Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir,

. *

Manilal Nabhubhai Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi (; 26 September 1858 – 1 October 1898) was a Gujarati language, Gujarati-language writer, philosopher, and social thinker from British Raj, British India, commonly referred to as Manilal in literary circles. He was a ...

(1858–1898) Writer and philosopher; born in

Nadiad Nadiad is a city in the state of Gujarat, India and the administrative centre of the Kheda district. It is known for the Santram Mandir, the Mai Mandir,

. * Narendra M. Patel (1920s-2012) Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament * Ravji Patel (1939–1968) Modernist poet and novelist; born in Vallavpura village. *

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (; ''Vallabhbhāī Jhāverbhāī Paṭel''; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime ...

(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 *

Axar Patel Akshar Rajeshbai Patel, known simply as Axar Patel, (born 20 January 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the national team in all formats of the game as an all-rounder as well as vice-captain of India in T20I format. He pla ...

Indian Cricketer. * Ravishankar Vyas (1984-1994) also known as 'Maharaj'. Indian Freedom Fighter; born in Radhu Village Near

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