Dahod District
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Dahod District, also known as Dohad District, is located in Gujarat state in western India. The city of Dahod is the district's administrative headquarters. The district has an area of 3,642 km², and a population of 1,636,433 (2001 census), with a population density of 449 persons per km². Dahod District was created on 2 October 1997, and was formerly part of Panchmahal District. It was 9.55% urban as of 2001 census. [1]
This district is bounded by Panchmahal District to the west, Vadodara District to the south, Jhabua District of Madhya Pradesh state to the east, and Banswara District of Rajasthan state to the north. The population of the district is mostly rural, and a majority of the districts residents are Tribals, mostly Bhils. Dahod District also has the third largest population of Daoodi Vohra Samaj people in India.
The actual name is Dohad, which later got transformed into Dahod. The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was born in a mosque in Dahod.
There is a government polytechnic college since 1963 and it was started by indian prime minister Mr. Moraraji Desai and now Government degree engineering college (www.gecdahod.org.in) is also there.The degree college is afilleted to Gujarat University.
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