Mehsana district

Mehsana District
district

Location of district in Gujarat
Country  India
State Gujarat
Headquarters Mehsana
Languages
 • Official Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration GJ -2
Website mehsanadp.gujarat.gov.in/Mehasana/

Mehsana district (Gujarati: મહેસાણા જિલ્લો) (alternate spelling "Mahesana") is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India.[1] Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 18 lakhs and an area of over 4,500  km². There are over 600 villages in this district. It had a population of 1,837,892 of which 22.40% were urban as of 2001.[2]

Mehsana district borders with Banaskantha district in the north, Patan and Surendranagar districts in west, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in south and Sabarkantha district in the east.

Major towns of the district are Vijapur, Bahucharaji, Modhera, Unjha, Vadnagar, Kalol, Kadi, Visnagar, Kherva, Jotana and Khadalpur, Sanganpur,Kheralu.

History

Gate of Toranwali Mata Temple

Mehsaji Chavda, a Rajput and an heir of Chavda dynasty, established Mehsana. He constructed the Toran (arc gate) of city and a temple dedicated to Goddess Toran in Vikram Samvat 1414, Bhadrapad Sud 10 (1358 AD).[3] It is described by Jaisinh Brahmbhatt in poems of 1932 AD.[4][5] It is also corroborated by Manilal Nyalchand, an author of Pragat Prabhavi Parshvanath of Samvat 1879. He also refers that Mehsaji built the temple dedicated to Chamunda. It inconclusively establishes that the town was founded during Rajput period. Another legend says that Mehsaji established it in Vikram Samvat 1375 (1319 AD).[6]

Gaekwads conquered Baroda and established Baroda State. They expanded their rule in north Gujarat and established Patan as its administrative headquarters. Later the headquarters was moved to Kadi and subsequently to Mehsana in 1902. This northern area under Baroda was divided in 8 mahals. Gaekwad also connected the city by Baroda State railway which was opened on 21 March 1887. Sayajirao Gaekwad III built a palace known as Rajmahal in Vikram Samvat 1956 for his son Fatehsinhrao. It is now used as a district court.[6][5]

Baroda state was merged with India after independence in 1947. It was included in Bombay state. Later became part of Gujarat in 1960 after partition of Bombay state into Gujarat and Maharashtra. Now Mehsana is a standalone district in north Gujarat.[6][4]

Divisions

There are 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Kheralu, Unjha, Visnagar, Becharaji, Kadi, Mahesana and Vijapur. Kheralu is part of Patan Lok Sabha constituency and rest are part of Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Mehsana district has a population of 2,027,727,[7] roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia[8] or the US state of New Mexico.[9] This gives it a ranking of 229th in India (out of a total of 640).[7] The district has a population density of 462 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,200/sq mi) .[7] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.91%.[7] Mehsana has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1,000 males,[7] and a literacy rate of 84.26%.[7]

Mehsana district consists 10 talukas: Becharaji, Kadi, Kheralu, Mahesana, Vadnagar, Vijapur, Visnagar, Satlasana, Jotana, and Unjha. Populations as of 2011 were as follows:[10]

2011 Population Total Male Female
Becharaji 99,588 51,152 91,093
Jotana - - -
Kadi 81,404 42,869 38,535
Kheralu 133,778 68,968 64,810
Mehsana 529,816 277,094 252,722
Vadnagar 145,445 74,437 71,008
Vijapur 257,699 133,713 123,986
Satlasana 89,546 46,036 43,510
Unjha 175,539 91,093 84,446
Total 2,035,064 1,056,520 978,544

Education

Engineering colleges in Mehsana district:

Pharmacy colleges in Mehsana district:

Science colleges in Mehsana district:

References

  1. ↑ https://mehsanadp.gujarat.gov.in
  2. ↑ Census Data Archived 11 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Mehsana - History". NRI Division. Government of Gujarat. 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "History". Government of Gujarat. Mehsana District Panchayat. 17 July 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Mehsana Nagarpalika, Mehsana". WMehsana Nagarpalika (in Gujarati). Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 S. B. Rajyagor, ed. (1975). Gujarat State Gazetteers: Mehsana District. Gujarat State Gazetteers. 5. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Government of Gujarat. pp. 1, 805–806.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  8. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison: Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est.
  9. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179
  10. ↑ "Mahesana District". indikosh.com.
Adjacent places of Mehsana district
 Banaskantha district
Patan district Sabar Kantha district
   Mehsana district  
Surendranagar district Ahmedabad district Gandhinagar district

Coordinates: IN_type: adm2nd_source: GNS-enwiki 23°40′N 72°30′E / 23.667°N 72.500°E / 23.667; 72.500

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