Bharuch district ભરૂચ જિલ્લો Bharuch district | |
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| Bharuch district | |
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| Nickname: Bharuch district | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bharuch District Bharuch district in Gujarat, India | |
.svg) Location of Bharuch district in Gujarat | |
| Coordinates:20°42′N72°59′E / 20.700°N 72.983°E /20.700; 72.983 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Gujarat |
| Headquarters | Bharuch |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | District Government of Bharuch |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,509 km2 (2,513 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,551,019 |
| • Density | 238.3/km2 (617.2/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati,Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | GJ-16 |
| Website | bharuch |
Bharuch in India, is a district in the southern regions of theKathiawar peninsula on the west coast of the state of Gujarat in theArabian sea with a size and population comparable to that of GreaterBoston. Bharuch derives its name from the famousHindu sageBhrigu. A historical name for Bharuch is 'Bhrigukachchha'. Themythological sage Bhrigu is one of the many children ofBrahma andSarasvati. There is also astory which indicates that Bhrigu along with his kin asked for temporary access to Bharuch which was said to belong toLakshmi, since Bharuch is located on the banks of riverNarmada also known as Rudra Deha. Chandramaulishvara, a form of Shiva is theKuladevata of theHinduBhargavas of Bharuch. Bhrigu never left the place and theAshrama of the sage Brighu is located on the banks of the Narmada river. TheNarmada River outlets into theGulf of Khambhat through its lands and that shipping artery gave inland access to the kingdoms and empires located all over the Indian subcontinent.
The city ofBharuch and its surrounds—today's district—has been settled far back into antiquity and was a major shipping building centre and sea port in the importantpre-compasscoastal trading routes to points to theFar West, perhaps as far back as the days of thePharaohs, which used the regular and predictableMonsoon winds orgalleys. Many goods from theFar East (the famedSpice andSilk trade) were trans-shipped there for the annual monsoon winds making it a terminus for several key land-seatrade routes and Bharuch was definitely known to theGreeks, theParthians and in theEastern Roman Empire and theWestern Romans and other Western and Eastern centres of civilisations right on through the end of the EuropeanMiddle Ages.
With the advent of the EuropeanAge of Discovery, the presence of deep draft sea going shipping, it began a long slow decline in importance as it was a bit too far north to be convenient to shipping not confined to keeping within sight of shore.
Administratively, it contains thetehsils (administrative subdistricts) ofBharuch,Ankaleshvara,Hansot,Jambusar,Zaghadia,Amod,Vagra. It also contains the city ofBharuch.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 321,528 | — |
| 1911 | 368,466 | +1.37% |
| 1921 | 374,101 | +0.15% |
| 1931 | 423,980 | +1.26% |
| 1941 | 506,264 | +1.79% |
| 1951 | 558,930 | +0.99% |
| 1961 | 684,166 | +2.04% |
| 1971 | 841,048 | +2.09% |
| 1981 | 970,172 | +1.44% |
| 1991 | 1,148,252 | +1.70% |
| 2001 | 1,370,656 | +1.79% |
| 2011 | 1,551,019 | +1.24% |
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| Hinduism | 76.61% | |||
| Islam | 22.15% | |||
| Christianity | 0.61% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.63% | |||
| Distribution of religions | ||||
According to the2011 census of India, Bharuch district has apopulation of 1,551,019,[3] roughly equal to the nation ofGabon[4] or the United States'sHawaii state.[5] This gives it a ranking of 321st in India (out of a total of640).[3] The district has a population density of 238 inhabitants per square kilometre (620/sq mi).[3] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.14%.[3] Bharuch has asex ratio of 924 females for every 1000 males,[3] and aliteracy rate of 83.03%. 33.85% of the population lived in urban areas.Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4.01% and 31.48% of the population respectively.[3]
At the time of the2011 census of India, 90.02% of the population in the district spokeGujarati, 6.30%Hindi, 1.13%Marathi. and 0.57%Urdu as their first language.[6]
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks | |
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| Bharuch District | 150 | Jambusar | Devkishordas Swami | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 151 | Vagra | Arunsinh Rana | ||||
| 152 | Jhagadiya (ST) | Ritesh Vasava | ||||
| 153 | Bharuch | Ramesh Mistry | ||||
| 154 | Ankleshwar | Ishwarsinh Patel | ||||
Gabon 1,576,665
Hawaii 1,360,301
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