Tapi district

Coordinates: 21°7′12″N 73°24′0″E / 21.12000°N 73.40000°E / 21.12000; 73.40000
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Tapi district
UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code(s)02624, 02625, 02626, 02628
Vehicle registrationGJ 26
Websitetapi.nic.in

Tapi district is one of the 33 districts of

Uchhal, Dolavan, Kukarmunda. Vyara town is the district headquarters. Tapi has 523 villages and two municipalities. The district was formed in 2007 out of some talukas that were separated from Surat district.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901155,894—    
1911166,720+0.67%
1921167,361+0.04%
1931183,989+0.95%
1941221,965+1.89%
1951263,380+1.73%
1961329,134+2.25%
1971457,502+3.35%
1981527,971+1.44%
1991626,979+1.73%
2001719,634+1.39%
2011807,022+1.15%
source:[2]

According to the

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%. 9.85% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1.01% and 84.18% of the population respectively.[3]

Religions in Tapi district (2011)[6]
Hinduism
 
 89.95%
Christianity
 
 6.56%
Islam
 
 2.76%
Other or not stated
 
 0.73%
Distribution of religions

Languages of Tapi district (2011)[7]

  
Kukna
(1.96%)
  Others (4.76%)

At the time of the

Kukna as their first language.[7]

Politics

This section is transcluded from 15th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)
District No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
Tapi 171 Vyara (ST) Mohanbhai Konkani Bharatiya Janata Party
172 Nizar (ST) Dr. Jairam Gamit Bharatiya Janata Party

Notable persons

  1. Suresh Joshi (1921–1986) Writer and academic. Born in Valod.[8]
  2. Amarsinh Bhilabhai Chaudhary, Former Chief Minister of Gujarat (July 1985 to December 1989)

Tourism

The District shares

Dangs' Forest.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "About Tapi". Government of Gujarat.
  2. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  3. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Hand Book – Tapi" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  4. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est.
  5. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2011. South Dakota 814,180
  6. ^ "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  8. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7
    , retrieved 10 December 2008
  9. ^ "Mahal Eco Campsite". Gujarat Tourism. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  10. ^ Trivedi, Pranav; Soni, V. C. (2006). "Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India" (PDF). Forktail. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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