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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Botad District
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Gujarat|District of Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]
| image_map = Botad in Gujarat (India).svg
| map_caption = Location in Gujarat
| established_title = 
| established_date = August 15, 2013
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Botad]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name=profile>[http://botaddp.gujarat.gov.in/index.htm Botad District Panchayat, Government of Gujarat]</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 2,564
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 652,000
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=profile/>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type =  364710
| website =https://botad.gujarat.gov.in
}}
'''Botad District''' is a [[Districts of India|district]] of the state of [[Gujarat]], India. It was created on 15 August 2013 from the southwestern part of [[Ahmedabad District]] and the northwestern part of [[Bhavnagar District]].
Botad consist of four taluka Botad, Gadhada, Barvala, Ranpur.<ref>
{{Cite news
|author=Kapil, Dave
|title=7 new districts to start functioning from Independence Day
|date=14 August 2013
|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-14/ahmedabad/41408891_1_districts-talukas-independence-day
|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Xoa50Ujs?url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/7-new-districts-to-start-functioning-from-Independence-Day/articleshow/21821642.cms?referral=PM
|archive-date=15 April 2015
|url-status=live
|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]
|df=dmy
}}</ref><ref name="DG-01">{{Cite news|title=Maps of Gujarat's new 7 districts and changes in existing districts |date=13 August 2013|newspaper=Desh Gujarat |url=http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816151212/http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archive-date=16 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Botad|Botad city]] is the administrative headquarters of the district.<ref>https://botad.gujarat.gov.in/tourist-places</ref>

This district is surrounded by Bhavnagar District to the southeast, [[Surendranagar District]] to the north and northwest, [[Amreli District]] to the southwest, Ahmedabad District to the northeast and [[Rajkot District]] to the west.<ref name="DG-01" />

== Divisions ==
Botad District consists of four talukas:
[[Botad Taluka|Botad]],
[[Gadhada Taluka|Gadhada]],
[[Barwala Taluka|Barvala]],
[[Ranpur Taluka|Ranpur]].<ref name="DG-01" />

== Demographics ==
The district had a population of 652,556 according to the 2011 census, with an area of {{Convert|2564|sqkm|sqmi|0}} and a population density of 255 per square kilometre.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

== Points of Interest in District ==
* [[Salangpur, Gujarat|Salangpur Hanumanji Temple]] [Shri Kashtabhanjan Hanumanji Temple and BAPS Swaminarayan Temple]- Gadhada is among the more prominent centres in the Swaminarayan Sampraday.
* [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada|Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Gadhada]] - old temple initiated by Lord Swaminarayan himself; and the massive new one built by BAPS gadi
* Bhimnath Mahadev - at Bhimnath, Polarpur is an ancient temple, associated with mythology of Mahabharata times [across border with Ahmedabad district]. The temple is small and housed in the middle of a River path, which gets flooded during monsoon.<ref>https://botad.gujarat.gov.in/tourist-places/bhimnath-mahadev-bhimnath</ref>
* With in the [[Botad]] city - Shree Swaminarayna mandir located Inside Nagalpar gate in the city centre is big and popular.[5] Swaminarayan temple built by BAPS gadi in Sahjanand Society is located little easterly Nagalpar gate. There is another popular Swaminarayan Temple with an associated Gurukul in Mangal Para, located south-westerly in the outskirts. Also there are few other smaller Swaminarayan temples in the city. Virateshvar Mahadev Temple is located easterly in the outskirts.
<ref>http://botaddp.gujarat.gov.in/historical-places-eng.htm</ref>

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://botad.nic.in/ Official website]
* [http://botad.gujarat.gov.in/ Collectorate office]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Botad district
|North = [[Surendranagar district]]
|Northeast = [[Ahmedabad district]]
|East = [[Ahmedabad district]]<br />[[Bhavnagar district]]
|Southeast = [[Bhavnagar district]]
|South = [[Bhavnagar district]]
|Southwest = [[Amreli district]]
|West = [[Rajkot district]]
|Northwest = [[Surendranagar district]]
}}

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