Gir Gadhada

Gir Gadhada
ગીર ગઢડા
Village
Gir Gadhada
Location in Gujarat, India
Gir Gadhada
Gir Gadhada (India)
Coordinates: 20°55′23″N 70°55′17″E / 20.923121°N 70.921362°E / 20.923121; 70.921362Coordinates: 20°55′23″N 70°55′17″E / 20.923121°N 70.921362°E / 20.923121; 70.921362
Country  India
State Gujarat
District Gir Somnath
Taluka Gir Gadhada
Government
 • Type Panchayati raj (India)
 • Body Gram panchayat
Area[1]
 • Total 2,144.11 ha (5,298.21 acres)
Population (2011)
 • Total 9,631[1][2]
  Sex ratio 4781/4850♂/♀[1]
Languages
 • Official Gujarati
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 362530[2]
Vehicle registration GJ
Census code of Gir Gadhada 515255[1]
Nearest city Gir Gadhada, Una
Website girsomnathdp.gujarat.gov.in

Gir Gadhada (Gujarati: ગીર ગઢડા) is a mid city town in Gir Somnath district in the state of Gujarat, India. Before 2013, it was a village of Una Taluka in Junagadh District, Now it has become the administrative headquarters for 42 villages[3] when that taluka was created as part of the new Gir Somnath District in August of that year.[4][5] Newly built BAPS Shree Swaminarayana Mandir is a popular place of worship and spiritual activities here.[6] There is another older Swaminarayan mandir nearby. Other temples in the town are Shree Khodiyar Mandir and Shree ramji Mandir.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Gir Gadhada has 1849 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 71.28% [1]

Demographics (2011 Census)[1]
TotalMaleFemale
Population963147814850
Children aged below 6 years1226615611
Scheduled caste872441431
Scheduled tribe963
Literates599133422649
Illiterates364014392201
Total Workers407027861284
Main workers34862679807
Main workers: Cultivators733604129
Main workers: Agricultural labourers1483926557
Main workers: Household industry workers26206
Main workers: Other12441129115
Marginal workers (total)584107477
Marginal workers: Cultivators24515230
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers26954215
Marginal workers: Household industry workers---
Marginal workers: Others703832
Non-workers556119953566

List of Villages in Gir Gadhada Taluka[7]

Below is the Revenue records list of forty-three villages of Gir Gadhada Taluka including Gir Gadhada village.[7]

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Page no. 244 to 249 - District Census Handbook - Junagadh" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Gujarat.
  2. 1 2 "wikivillage article of Gir Gadhada". 2011 Census of India. Wikivillage.in.
  3. ↑ "Notification: Gujarat Land Revenue Code 1879: Schedule B Villages of Girgadhada Taluka" (PDF). The Gujarat Government Gazette. 54 (Extra No. 282). 9 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Promises Delivered! Gujarat Cabinet approves creation of 7 New Districts and 22 New Talukas". Narendra Modi. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Maps of Gujarat's new 7 districts and changes in existing districts". Desh Gujarat. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.baps.org/News/2015/Murti-Pratishtha-Mahotsav-of-BAPS-Shri-Swaminarayan-Mandir-9358.aspx
  7. 1 2 "Notification: Gujarat Land Revenue Code 1879: Schedule B Villages of Girgadhada Taluka" (PDF). The Gujarat Government Gazette. 54 (Extra No. 282). 9 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2014.


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