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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Bharuch}}
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'''Bharuch''' (formerly commonly known as '''Broach''') in [[India]], is a district in the southern part of the [[Gujarat|Gujarat peninsula]] on the west coast of [[States and territories of India|state]] of Gujarat with a size and population comparable to that of Greater [[Boston]]. The [[Narmada River]] outlets into the [[Gulf of Khambat]] through its lands and that shipping artery gave inland access to the kingdoms and empires located in the central and northern parts of the sub-continent of India.

==History==
[[File:Broach or Bharuch District 1877.jpg|thumb|Map of Broach or Bharuch district, Bombay Presidency, British India, 1877]]
The city of [[Bharuch]] 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 important [[compass|pre-compass]] [[trade|coastal trading]] routes to points West, perhaps as far back as the days of the [[Pharaohs]], which utilised the regular and predictable [[Monsoon]] winds or [[galley]]s. Many goods from the [[Far East]] (the famed [[Maluku Islands|Spice]] and Silk trade) were trans-shipped there for the annual monsoon winds making it a terminus for several key land-sea [[trade routes]] and Bharuch was definitely known to the [[Greeks]], the various [[Persian Empire]]s and in the [[Rome|Roman Republic and Empire]] and other Western centres of civilisation right on through the end of the [[Europe]]an [[Middle Ages]].

With the advent of the [[Age 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.

==Divisions==
Administratively, it contains the [[taluka]]s (administrative subdistricts) of [[Bharuch]], [[Ankleshwar]], [[Hansot]], [[Jambusar]], [[Jhagadia]], [[Amod, Gujarat|Amod]], [[Netrang]], Valia and [[Vagra]]. It also contains the city of [[Bharuch]].

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,21,528|13=1911|14=3,68,466|15=1921|16=3,74,101|17=1931|18=4,23,980|19=1941|20=5,06,264|21=1951|22=5,58,930|23=1961|24=6,84,166|25=1971|26=8,41,048|27=1981|28=9,70,172|29=1991|30=11,48,252|31=2001|32=13,70,656|33=2011|34=15,51,019|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bharuch district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,551,019,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Gabon]]<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 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Gabon 1,576,665
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Hawaii]].<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=30 September 2011
|quote=Hawaii 1,360,301
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
|df=dmy
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 321st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 238 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.14%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Bharuch has a [[sex ratio]] of 924 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name="districtcensus" /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 83.03%.<ref name="districtcensus" />

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 90.02% of the population in the district spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 6.97% [[Hindi]], 1.13% [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 0.57% [[Urdu]] and 0.41% [[Bhili language|Bhili]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Culture==

===Notable personalities===
* [[Abdulahad Malik]] Cricketer in IPL for [[Rajasthan Royals]].
* [[Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn]] UK [[House of Lords]].
* [[Ahmed Patel]] Indian Parliamentarian for the [[Indian National Congress]] .
* Professor [[Alimuddin Zumla]] Ennobled multi-award-winning (Medicine) Medic at a prestigious London University. ([[University College London]])
* [[Balwantray Thakore]] (1869–1952) Poet. Born in [[Bharuch]]. Notable works-Bhankaar (1918; Dhara Paheli) Bhankaar (1928; Dhara Biji) Mhara Sonnet (1935)
* [[Farooq Shaikh]] Actor, TV presenter and philanthropist. Ancestral village [[Hansot]].
* [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]] (1887–1971) Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist. Born in the city of [[Bharuch]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bhavan's Faith|url=http://www.bvbtpgudem.in/BhavansFaith.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421043058/http://bvbtpgudem.in/BhavansFaith.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2010|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|access-date=20 May 2011}}</ref>
* [[Munaf Patel]] Indian pacer of Team India, He also a part of world cup winning team India in 2011 under captaincy of [[M.S Dhoni]]. He played IPL for [[Rajasthan Royals]] in 1st season, Later on he also played for [[Mumbai Indians]].
* [[Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai]], Acting governor of [[Himachal Pradesh]] and Chief justice of various High Courts of India
* [[Kshitij R. Vyas]], Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court]]
* [[Rashid Patel]] The former Indian left-arm seamer Rashid Patel was from bharuch.
* [[Tribhuvandas Luhar]] (1908–1991) Poet. Born in Miyamatar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tribhuvandas Luhar (Sundaram) |url=http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-111091.html|publisher=Thakkar Numismatic and Art Foundation.|access-date=20 May 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kalpasar Project|Kalpasar Tidal Energy Project]]
* [[3rd Narmada Bridge]]
* [[Vora Samni]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://bharuch.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bharuch district
|North = [[Anand district]]
|Northeast = [[Vadodara district]]
|East = [[Narmada district]]
|Southeast = [[Surat district]]/[[Narmada district]]
|South = [[Surat district]]
|Southwest =
|West = ''[[Gulf of Khambhat]]''
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{{Narmada basin}}
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