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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dahod district
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name = Dohad
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| settlement_type = district
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| image_map = Dahod in Gujarat (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of district in Gujarat
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Dahod]]
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| leader_title = District Collectorate
| subdivision_type3 = Collector & DM
| subdivision_name3 = Dr. Harshit Gosavi I.A.S.
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 3,642
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| population_total = 2,127,086
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate =GJ 20
| website = {{URL|dahod.gujarat.gov.in}}
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'''Dahod District''' is located in [[Gujarat]] state in western [[India]], called after its administrative HQ. It has a population of 2,127,086 (2011 census), with a population density of 583 persons per km².

Half of Dahod's population is rural, and 74.3% of the population is scheduled tribes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.co.in/district/dahod-district-gujarat-485|title=Dahod District Population, Caste, Religion Data (Gujarat) – Census 2011|publisher=Census 2011}}</ref> Dahod has a literacy rate of 58.82%, which is lower than all other districts in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/gujarat.html|title=Districts of Gujarat|publisher=Census 2011}}</ref>

== Population ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,77,555|13=1911|14=2,29,553|15=1921|16=2,67,075|17=1931|18=3,17,838|19=1941|20=3,65,700|21=1951|22=4,37,189|23=1961|24=5,80,397|25=1971|26=7,42,363|27=1981|28=9,46,588|29=1991|30=12,74,123|31=2001|32=16,36,433|33=2011|34=21,27,086|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}}{{bar box
|title=Religions in Dahod district (2011)<ref>[http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/199-dohad.html Dohad (Dahod) District Population Census 2011, Gujarat literacy sex ratio and density]</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|orange|96.15}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|3.12}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism]]|yellow|0.16}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|pink|0.47}}
{{bar percent|Others*|black|0.12}}
|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
*<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s (0.2%).</small>
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It was 8.99% urban at the 2001 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |title= India Map |access-date=2009-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703215108/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |archive-date=2007-07-03 }}</ref> The population of the district is mostly rural, and a majority of the district's residents are [[Tribal]]s, mostly [[Bhil]]s. Dahod District also has the second largest population of the [[Dawoodi Bohra]] sect of [[Ismā'īlī]] Muslims in India.

At the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Dahod District had a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,127,086,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Namibia]]<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 = 2011-10-01 | quote = Namibia – 2,147,585}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<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=New Mexico – 2,059,179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2013-10-19 }}</ref> It was the 215th most populous district in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district had a population density of {{convert|582|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 29.95%.<ref name=districtcensus/> It had a [[sex ratio]] of 986 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 60.6%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 96.29% of the population in the district spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 2.14% [[Bhili language|Bhili]] and 1.22% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

== Education ==
There is a government polytechnic college since 1963 and it was started by Indian prime minister Mr. Moraraji Desai and now government degree engineering college<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gecdahod.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502052823/http://www.gecdahod.org/ |archive-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is also there. The degree college is affiliated to Gujarat University.

== Economy ==
In 2006, the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Dahod one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the six districts in Gujarat currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

== Ratan Mahal Sanctuary ==
[[File:Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary - Dahod district - Gujarat - DSC0001.jpg|thumb|Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary]]
[[File:Sounds of Chougania,Devgadh Baria.ogg|thumb|[[Bird]]s of Chougania chirping merrily as the [[Sun]] breaks out of overcast sky.]]
[[File:Ratanmahal Waterfalls.jpg|thumb|Ratanmahal Waterfalls]]
It is a mixed, [[deciduous forest]], located at [[Gujarat]]'s border with [[Madhya Pradesh]], within the [[Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests]]' [[ecoregion]].<ref name=IM0206>{{WWF ecoregion |id=im0206 |name=Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests |access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> The maximum area covered is in Gujarat. Ratanmahal Sanctuary is near by River Paanam (a major river of [[Central Gujarat]]), which helps to preserve the [[Balance of nature|ecological balance]] in the forest, besides water conservation. The sanctuary is also known as "Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary," due to its [[sloth bear]] [[population]].<ref name="SlothBearConservation2011">{{cite web |url=http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/000ADOBES/Bears/Bears_IUCN_ActionPlan/bearsAP_chapter12.pdf |title=Sloth Bear Conservation Action Plan |author1=Garshelis, David L. |author2=Joshi, Anup R. |author3=Smith, James L. D. |author4=Rice, Clifford G. |name-list-style=amp |access-date=18 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723235317/http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/000ADOBES/Bears/Bears_IUCN_ActionPlan/bearsAP_chapter12.pdf |archive-date=23 July 2011}}</ref> As with [[Purna Wildlife Sanctuary]], Ratanmahal has experienced [[extinction]]s in its population of [[bird]]s.<ref name="TrivediSoni2006">{{Cite web |url=http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf |title=Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India-PRANAV TRIVEDI and V. C. SONI |access-date=2019-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810033443/http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Forest of the Dangs]]
* [[Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary]]
* [[Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Dahod district}}
* [https://dahoddarpan.com/ Dahod Darpan]
*[http://www.dahodonline.com/ Dahod Online]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dahod district
|North = [[Banswara district]], [[Rajasthan]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Jhabua district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Southeast = [[Alirajpur district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|South = [[chhota udepur district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Panchmahal district]]
|Northwest = [[Dungarpur district]], [[Rajasthan]]
}}

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[[Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests]]

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[[Category:Districts of Gujarat]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Gujarat]]

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