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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Abdasa Taluka
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| other_name = Abdasa-Nalia Taluka<br />Abadasa Taluka, Abrasa Taluka
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kutch District|Kutch]]
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| population_total = 97508
| population_as_of = 2001
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kachchh]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Abdasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Abdasa]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation, State: Gujarat, District: Ahmadabad |publisher=National Information Centre, Government of India |url=http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF%5CGujarat_Maps%5CAhmadabad.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224204207/http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Gujarat_Maps/Ahmadabad.pdf |archivedate=2012-12-24 }}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Abdasa Taluka''' is a [[taluka]] (administrative subdivision) in [[Kutch District]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kachchh District Panchayat: Taluka Panchayat|publisher=Kutch District|url=http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915111800/http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/panchayat/taluka-panchayat.htm|archivedate=15 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Its administrative centre is the town of [[Naliya]]. The taluka covers {{Convert|2398.26|sqkm|sqmi|0}}.<ref name="Gujarat-1991-2001">{{Cite web|title=Districtwise / Talukawise Salient Features of Population Statistics (1991 and 2001): Gujarat|publisher=Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Gujarat|page=7|url=http://gujecostat.gujarat.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/CMGE/SalientFeatures.pdf|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530174245/http://gujecostat.gujarat.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/CMGE/SalientFeatures.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In the 2001 India census, Abdasa Taluka had 97,508 inhabitants, 51.0% (49,740) male and 49.0% (47,768) female. This represented a 12.9% increase from 1991. The gender ratio in 2001 was 960 females per thousand males, a significant change from the 1002 value of 1991.<ref name="Gujarat-1991-2001" /><ref name="PF-Census-2001-Kachchh">{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Gujarat: Kuchchh: Abdasa|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=24&district_code=01}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The taluka was entirely rural.<ref name="PF-Census-2001-Kachchh" />

==Points of interest==
The [[Kutch Bustard Sanctuary]], also known as Lala–Parjan Sanctuary, is located in the taluka. With an area of about only 2 square kilometers, it is the smallest sanctuary in the country. There are approximately 30 [[great Indian bustard]]s here, second in population only to [[Desert National Park]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Munjpara, S. B.|author2 =Jethva, B.|author3 =Pandey, C. N.|name-list-style =amp|year= 2011|title= Distribution of the Indian Bustard ''Ardeotis nigriceps'' (Gruiformes: Otididae) in Gujarat State, India|journal= Journal of Threatened Taxa|volume=3|issue=9|pages=2090–2094|doi=10.11609/jott.o2756.2090-4|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| author=Dutta, S.| author2=Rahmani, A. R.| author3=[[Yadvendradev Vikramsinh Jhala|Jhala]], Y. V.| name-list-style=amp|year=2010|title=Running out of time? The great Indian bustard ''Ardeotis nigriceps''—status, viability, and conservation strategies| journal= European Journal of Wildlife Research| doi=10.1007/s10344-010-0472-z|volume=57|issue=3|page=615}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Photographs: Naliya Birds|publisher=India Nature Watch|url=http://www.indianaturewatch.net/view_cat.php?tag=Naliya%20-%20Kutch%20-%20Gujarat}}</ref>

Also Abdasa Taluka is a major pilgrimage center for [[Jain]]s as it holds their sacred and famous five temples located in five towns of taluka - [[Jakhau]], [[Naliya]], [[Tera, Kutch|Tera]], [[Kothara, Kutch|Kothara]] and [[Suthari]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Kutch by India. Superintendent of Census Operations, Gujarat|year=1964|publisher=Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State|page=53|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=dJmtUenSJI7_rAfZvIDQBw&id=fbUWAQAAMAAJ&dq=jain+temples+in+abdasa&q=five+holy+places+of+the+Jains+#search_anchor}}</ref> - which are in group known as ''Abdasa ni Panchtirthi'' - meaning five [[Tirtha (Jainism)|tirtha]]s of Abdasa.

==Villages==
Abdasa Taluka has eighty-five [[panchayat village]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Abdasa, Kachchh, Gujarat |publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India |url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4146&parenttype=B&ptype=V |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130620224927/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4146&parenttype=B&ptype=V |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-20 }}</ref> and a total of 167 villages<ref>{{Cite web|title=Villages of Abdasa Taluka|publisher=Kutch District|url=http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/abdasa-taluka.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707074232/http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/english/abdasa-taluka.htm|archivedate=7 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Including [[Varandi Moti]].

== Economy ==
The main crops are cotton, millet, groundnut, sunflower, and wheat.<ref name="Official-webpage">{{Cite web|title=અબડાસા તાલુકા પંચાયત (Abadasa Taluka Panchayat)|language=Gujarati|publisher=Kutch District|url=http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/taluka/abadasa/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014164016/http://kutchdp.gujarat.gov.in/kutch/taluka/abadasa/index.htm|archivedate=14 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bentonite]] is commercially mined.<ref name="Official-webpage" />

==Rivers==
Abdasa Taluka is drained by three rivers namely - Khari river, Kankavati river and Berachiya river.<ref name="Official-webpage"/>

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