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Gujarat
state came into existence as
a separate State on 1st May
1960.
The State
is situated on the west coast
of India between 20-6' N to
24-42' N north latitude and
68-10'E to 74-28'E east longitude.
It is bounded by the Arabian
Sea in the West, by the States
of Rajasthan in the North and
North-East, by Madhya Pradesh
in the East and by Maharashtra
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The State has an international boundary
and has a common border with the Pakistan
at the north-western fringe. The two deserts,
one north of Kachchh and the other between
Kachchh and the mainland Gujarat are saline
wastes.
The State has a long coast-line of about
1600 kms. and is the longest among all
States of country. For the purpose of
administration, Gujarat State at present
comprises of 25 districts, sub-divided
into 226 talukas, having 18618 villages
and 242 towns. Gujarat has geographical
area of 1.96 lakh sq.kms. and accounts
for 6.19 percent of the total area of
the country.
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| DEMOGRAPHY |
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According
to the provisional results
of Population Census 2001,
the population of Gujarat
as on 1st March 2001, stood
at 5.06 crore, including the
estimated population of earthquake
affected areas. The decadal
growth rate of the decade
1991-2001 has increased in
comparison to 1981-1991 from
21.19 percent to 22.48 percent. |
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The
density of Gujarat is 258 persons per sq.km.
in 2001. The literacy rate in the State
(excluding children in the age group 0-6
years) has increased from 61.29 per cent
in 1991 to 69.97 per cent in 2001. About
37.67 per cent population of Gujarat resides
in urban areas (Excluding earthquake affected
areas). Out of the total population of 483.87
lakh in the state (excluding the earthquake
affected areas), 203.7 lakh (42.10 per cent)
were workers and 280.2 lakh (57.90 per cent)
were non-workers. According to the provisional
results of population census 2001, the total
number of households were 96.44 lakh. |
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