Ahmedabad district
Ahmedabad District | |
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District | |
District office building | |
![]() Ahmedabad location in Gujarat | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Gujarat |
Headquarters | Ahmedabad |
Government | |
• District Collector | Sandip J. Sagale IAS |
Area | |
• Total | 7,170 km2 (2,770 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 7,214,225 |
• Rank | 1 of 33 in Gujarat |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Amdavadi |
Time zone | I |
• Summer (DST) | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Vehicle registration | GJ-1, GJ-27, GJ-38 |
Website | ahmedabad |
Ahmedabad District comprises the city of Ahmedabad, in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India. It is the seventh most populous district in India (out of 739).[2]
Climate[]
hideClimate data for Ahmedabad | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 28.3 (82.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
39.8 (103.6) |
— | 38.4 (101.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
41.5 (106.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) |
1.0 (0.04) |
0 (0) |
3.0 (0.12) |
20 (0.8) |
103.0 (4.06) |
247.0 (9.72) |
288.0 (11.34) |
83.0 (3.27) |
23.0 (0.91) |
14.0 (0.55) |
5.0 (0.20) |
789 (31.1) |
Average rainy days (≥ 0 mm) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 43.6 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 288.3 | 274 | 279 | 307 | 329 | 237.0 | 130 | 111.6 | 222 | 291 | 273 | 288.3 | 3,020 |
Source: HKO[3] |
Divisions[]
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Demographics[]
According to the 2011 census Ahmedabad district has a population of 7,214,225,[2] roughly equal to Hong Kong[4] or the U.S. state of Washington.[5] This gives it a ranking of 8th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 983 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,550/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.31%.[2] Ahmedabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 86.65%.[2]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 74.81% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 17.55% Hindi, 2.72% Urdu, 1.79% Sindhi and 1.60% Marathi as their first language.[6]
It had a population of 5,816,519 of which 80.18% were urban as of 2001.[7]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 681,713 | — |
1911 | 717,107 | +0.51% |
1921 | 765,900 | +0.66% |
1931 | 850,077 | +1.05% |
1941 | 1,178,608 | +3.32% |
1951 | 1,516,191 | +2.55% |
1961 | 2,016,668 | +2.89% |
1971 | 2,765,925 | +3.21% |
1981 | 3,706,573 | +2.97% |
1991 | 4,631,351 | +2.25% |
2001 | 5,893,164 | +2.44% |
2011 | 7,214,225 | +2.04% |
source:[8] |
Notable people[]
- Acharya Hemachandra (1089–1172) Jain polymath. Born in Dhandhuka.[9]
- Joravarsinh Jadav (born 1940), folklorist
References[]
- ^ "Districts of Gujarat".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Ahmedabad Climate Record". Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
Washington 6,724,540
- ^ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
- ^ "India Map". Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- ^ "Hemacandra". Jain World. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
External links[]
- Ahmedabad district
- Districts of Gujarat