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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Ahmedabad|other districts with similar names|Ahmadabad District (disambiguation)}}
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| area_code = 91 04142
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| website = {{Official website|https://ahmedabad.nic.in/}}
{{URL|https://ahmedabad.gujarat.gov.in/}}
| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=District wise Statistics {{!}} NITI Aayog, (National Institution for Transforming India), Government of India |url=http://164.100.94.191/niti/best-practices/district-wise-statistics |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=164.100.94.191}}</ref>
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'''Ahmedabad (Amdavad) district''' is a district comprises the city of [[Ahmedabad]], in the central part of the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[western India]]. It is the seventh most populous district in India (out of [[Districts of India|739]]).<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Ahmedabad |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/404/download/1264/DH_2011_2407_PART_A_DCHB_AHMADABAD.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> Ahmedabad District Surrounded By [[Kheda district]] in the east, [[Mehsana district]] in the north, [[Anand district]] in the south and [[Surendranagar district]] in the west.

== Etymology ==
{{Main|History of Ahmedabad}}

The area around Ahmedabad has been inhabited since the 11th century, when it was known as ''[[Ashaval]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|first= Jane|last= Turner|title=The Dictionary of Art|publisher=Grove|volume=1|isbn=978-1-884446-00-9|page=471|year=1996}}</ref> At that time, [[Karna (Chaulukya dynasty)|Karna]], the [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukya]] (Solanki) ruler of Anhilwara (modern [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]]), waged a successful war against the [[Bhil]] king of Ashaval,<ref>{{Cite book| first=George| last=Michell|author2=Snehal Shah| author3-link=John Burton-Page|author3= John Burton-Page |author4=Mehta, Dinesh|title=Ahmadabad|publisher=Marg Publications|date=28 July 2006|isbn=81-85026-03-3|pages=17–19}}</ref> and established a city called ''Karnavati'' on the banks of the Sabarmati River.<ref name=Madan>{{cite book|title=India Through the Ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page=[https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/173 173]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref>

In 1411, this area came under the control of [[Muzaffar Shah I]]'s grandson, Sultan [[Ahmed Shah of Gujarat|Ahmed Shah]], who selected the forested area along the banks of the Sabarmati river for a new capital city. He laid the foundation of a new walled city near Karnavati and named it Ahmedabad after himself.<ref name="baba">{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/baba-maneknath-s-kin-keep-alive-600yr-old-tradition/698967 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411035148/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/baba-maneknath-s-kin-keep-alive-600yr-old-tradition/698967 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Baba Maneknath's kin keep alive 600-yr old tradition |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=18 October 2010 |access-date=21 February 2013 |author=More, Anuj}}</ref><ref>This ambiguity is similar to the case of [[Tsar]] [[Peter the Great]] naming his new capital "[[Saint Petersburg]]", referring officially to [[Saint Peter]] but in fact also to himself.</ref> According to other versions, he named the city after four Muslim saints in the area, who all had the name Ahmed.<ref name="AMC History">{{cite web|title=History of Ahmedabad |url=http://www.egovamc.com/AhmCity/history.aspx |publisher=Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, egovamc.com |access-date=14 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223012426/http://egovamc.com/AhmCity/history.aspx |archive-date=23 February 2016}}</ref>

==Climate==
{{Weather box
| location = Ahmedabad
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 28.3
| Feb high C = 30.4
| Mar high C = 35.6
| Apr high C = 39.8
| May high C = 41.5
| Jun high C = 38.4
| Jul high C = 33.4
| Aug high C = 31.8
| Sep high C = 34.0
| Oct high C = 35.8
| Nov high C = 32.8
| Dec high C = 29.3
| year high C = 41.5
| Jan low C = 20.1
| Feb low C = 13.9
| Mar low C = 18.9
| Apr low C = 23.7
| May low C = 26.2
| Jun low C = 27.2
| Jul low C = 25.6
| Aug low C = 24.6
| Sep low C = 24.2
| Oct low C = 21.1
| Nov low C = 16.6
| Dec low C = 13.2
| year low C = 11.8
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 2.0
| Feb rain mm = 1.0
| Mar rain mm = 0
| Apr rain mm = 3.0
| May rain mm = 20
| Jun rain mm = 103.0
| Jul rain mm = 247.0
| Aug rain mm = 288.0
| Sep rain mm = 83.0
| Oct rain mm = 23.0
| Nov rain mm = 14.0
| Dec rain mm = 5.0
| year rain mm = 789
| Jan rain days = 0.3
| Feb rain days = 0.3
| Mar rain days = 0.1
| Apr rain days = 0.3
| May rain days = 0.9
| Jun rain days = 4.8
| Jul rain days = 13.6
| Aug rain days = 15.0
| Sep rain days = 5.8
| Oct rain days = 1.1
| Nov rain days = 1.1
| Dec rain days = 0.3
| unit rain days = 0 mm
| Jan sun = 288.3
| Feb sun = 274
| Mar sun = 279
| Apr sun = 307
| May sun = 329
| Jun sun = 237.0
| Jul sun = 130
| Aug sun = 111.6
| Sep sun = 222
| Oct sun = 291
| Nov sun = 273
| Dec sun = 288.3
| year sun = 3020
| source 1 = HKO<ref>{{cite web|title=Ahmedabad Climate Record|url=http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/india/ahmedabad_e.htm|access-date=1 May 2012|archive-date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815210058/http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/india/ahmedabad_e.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| date = August 2015
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==Talukas==
[[File:Ahmedabad District Map 1877.jpg|thumb|Map of Ahmedabad district under Bombay Presidency, British India 1877]]
[[File:Ahmedabad Gujarat map.svg|500px|thumb|Talukas of Ahmedabad district before formation of [[Dholera taluka]]]]
[[File:અમદાવાદ જિલ્લો તાલુકાઓ સાથે.svg|thumb|Talukas of Ahmedabad district]]

Following are the talukas of Ahmedabad district:
=== Talukas in Ahmedabad City - East===
# [[Maninagar]]
# [[Asarwa]]
# [[Vatva]]

=== Talukas in Ahmedabad City - West===
# [[Vejalpur]]
# [[Sabarmati]]
# [[Ghatlodiya]]

=== Talukas in Ahmedabad Suburban===
# [[Daskroi Taluka|Daskroi]]
# [[Sanand (tehsil)|Sanand]]

=== Talukas in Rural North Ahmedabad===
# [[Viramgam Taluka|Viramgam]]
# [[Detroj-Rampura]]
# [[Mandal taluka, Ahmedabad district|Mandal]]

=== Talukas in Rural South Ahmedabad===
# [[Bavla (tehsil)|Bavla]]
# [[Dholka Taluka|Dholka]]
# [[Dhandhuka (tehsil)|Dhandhuka]]
# [[Dholera]]

== Villages ==

*[[Badarkha]]

==Politics==
{{transcluded section|source=15th Gujarat Assembly}}
{{#section:15th Gujarat Assembly|MLA Header}}
{{#section:15th Gujarat Assembly|Ahmedabad district}}
|}

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,81,713|13=1911|14=7,17,107|15=1921|16=7,65,900|17=1931|18=8,50,077|19=1941|20=11,78,608|21=1951|22=15,16,191|23=1961|24=20,16,668|25=1971|26=27,65,925|27=1981|28=37,06,573|29=1991|30=46,31,351|31=2001|32=58,93,164|33=2011|34=72,14,225|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Ahmedabad district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 7,214,225,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to [[Hong Kong]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 13, 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the U.S. state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Washington 6,724,540
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225031104/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2010-12-25
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 8th in India (out of a total of [[List of districts in India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 983 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.31%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Ahmedabad has a [[sex ratio]] of 903 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 86.65%.<ref name="districtcensus" />

The divided district has a population of 7,045,313, of which 6,028,152 (85.56%) lived in urban areas. Ahmedabad had a sex ratio of 904 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 747,806 (10.61%) and 88,911 (1.26%) of the population respectively.<ref name="districtcensus" />

=== Cities and Towns ===
The population of all cities and towns in the Ahmedabad district by census years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gujarat (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/india/gujarat/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref>
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!Name{{efn|Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web), Delimitation Commission of India (web), Rand McNally International Atlas 1994, School of Planning & Architecture (web)}}
!Status
!Population
Census
1991-03-01
!Population
Census
2001-03-01
!Population
Census
2011-03-01
|-
|[[Ahmedabad|Ahmadabad]]
|Municipal Corporation with Outgrowth ([[Metropolis]])
|2,876,710
|3,694,974
|5,633,927
|-
|[[Ahmedabad Cantonment|Ahmadabad Cantonment]]
|Cantonment (Board)
|11,967
|14,706
|7,588
|-
|[[Barejadi|Bareja]]
|Municipality
|...
|15,427
|19,690
|-
|[[Barwala Taluka|Barwala]]
|Municipality
|...
|16,048
|17,951
|-
|[[Bavla]]
|Municipality with Outgrowth
|25,391
|30,871
|42,458
|-
|[[Bopal]]
|Census Town
|...
|12,181
|37,635
|-
|[[Dhandhuka]]
|Municipality
|27,781
|29,572
|32,475
|-
|[[Dholka]]
|Municipality with Outgrowth
|49,860
|61,569
|80,945
|-
|[[Nandej]]
|Census Town
|6,878
|7,642
|9,176
|-
|[[Ranpur, Gujarat|Ranpur]]
|Census Town
|...
|14,486
|16,944
|-
|[[Sanand]]
|Municipality with Outgrowth
|25,674
|32,417
|95,890
|-
|[[Singarva]]
|Census Town
|8,183
|9,889
|12,547
|-
|[[Viramgam]]
|Municipality
|50,788
|53,094
|55,821
|}

===Religion===
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|title=Religions in Ahmedabad district (2011)<ref name="Religion"/>
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|right1=Percent
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|83.54}}
{{bar percent|[[Gujarati Muslims|Islam]]|green|12.38}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Gujarat|Jainism]]|brown|2.96}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Gujarat|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|0.72}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.40}}
}}

[[Hindus]] are 5,885,869 while [[Gujarati Muslims|Muslims]] are 871,887, [[Jainism in Gujarat|Jains]] are 208,575 and [[Christianity in Gujarat|Christians]] 50,631.<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Population by Religion - Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11373/download/14486/DDW24C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

===Language===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Ahmedabad district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value1 = 74.21 |color1 = skyblue
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 16.01 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 2.78 |color3 = green
|label4 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] |value4 = 1.80 |color4 = limegreen
|label5 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value5 = 1.64 |color5 = red
|label6 = [[Marwari language|Marwari]] |value6 = 1.55 |color6 = maroon
|label7 = Others |value7 = 2.01 |color7 = grey
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 74.21% of the population spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 16.01% [[Hindi]], 2.78% [[Urdu]], 1.80% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], 1.64% [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and 1.55% [[Marwari language|Marwari]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Acharya Hemachandra]] (1089–1172) [[Jain]] [[polymath]]. Born in [[Dhandhuka]].<ref name=Hema>{{cite web | title =Hemacandra | publisher =Jain World | url =http://www.jainworld.com/literature/story28.htm | access-date =2008-05-06 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080429205050/http://www.jainworld.com/literature/story28.htm | archive-date =April 29, 2008 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
*[[Joravarsinh Jadav]] (born 1940), folklorist

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat}}
* {{Official website}}
* [https://paarivahan.com/gujarat/ahmedabad-gj01 Ahmedabad RTO]
* {{osmrelation-inline|1953566}}

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{{Ahmedabad district}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Ahmedabad district
|North = [[Mahesana district]]
|Northeast = [[Gandhinagar district]]
|East = [[Kheda district]] [[Anand district]]
|Southeast = [[Gulf of Khambhat]]
|South = [[Bhavnagar district]] [[Gulf of Khambhat]]
|Southwest = [[Botad district]]
|West = [[Surendranagar district]]
|Northwest = [[Surendranagar district]]
}}

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