Tapi district
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Tapi district | |
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district | |
 Location of district in Gujarat | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Gujarat |
| Headquarters | Vyara |
| Government | |
| • Body | Nagar Palika |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 807,022 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | GJ 26 |
| Website | gujaratindia |
Tapi district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India.It has 7 talukas Vyara, Songadh, Nijhar, Valod, Uchhal, Dolavan, Kukarmunda. Vyara town is the district headquarters. The district was formed in 2007 out of some talukas that were separated from Surat district.[1] As of 2011, 90.15% of the district's population is rural and 84.2% of its population is scheduled tribes.[2]
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Tapi district has a population of 807,022,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Comoros[4] or the US state of South Dakota.[5] This gives it a ranking of 484th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 234 inhabitants per square kilometre (610/sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.07%.[3] Tapi has a sex ratio of 1004 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 69.23%.[3]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 49.09% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 41.86% Bhili, 4.39% Hindi and 2.86% Marathi as their first language.[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 155,894 | — |
| 1911 | 166,720 | +0.67% |
| 1921 | 167,361 | +0.04% |
| 1931 | 183,989 | +0.95% |
| 1941 | 221,965 | +1.89% |
| 1951 | 263,380 | +1.73% |
| 1961 | 329,134 | +2.25% |
| 1971 | 457,502 | +3.35% |
| 1981 | 527,971 | +1.44% |
| 1991 | 626,979 | +1.73% |
| 2001 | 719,634 | +1.39% |
| 2011 | 807,022 | +1.15% |
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People from the Tapi district
- Suresh Joshi (1921–1986) Writer and academic. Born in Valod.[8]
- Amarsinh Bhilabhai Chaudhari, Formar chief minister of Gujarat(July 1985-Dec 1989)
Tourism
The District shares Purna Wildlife Sanctuary with the Districts of Dang and Nandurbar, the latter of which is in Maharashtra. The sanctuary is a part of the Dangs' Forest.[9][10]
References
- ^ "About Tapi". Government of Gujarat.
- ^ "Tapi District Population, Caste, Religion Data (Gujarat) - Census 2011". Census 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
South Dakota 814,180
- ^ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
- ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- ^ Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008
- ^ "Mahal Eco Campsite". Gujarat Tourism. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India-PRANAV TRIVEDI and V. C. SONI
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