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Abdasa Taluka is a taluka (administrative subdivision) in Kutch District, Gujarat, India.[1] Its administrative centre is the town of Naliya. The taluka covers Template:Convert.[2]
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.[2][3] The taluka was entirely rural.[3]
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 bustards here, second in population only to Desert National Park, Rajasthan.[4][5][6]
Also Abdasa Taluka is a major pilgrimage center for Jains as it holds their sacred and famous five temples located in five towns of taluka - Jakhau, Naliya, Tera, Kothara and Suthari[7] - which are in group known as Abdasa ni Panchtirthi - meaning five tirthas of Abdasa.
Villages
Abdasa Taluka has eighty-five panchayat villages,[8] and a total of 167 villages[9] Including Varandi Moti.
Economy
The main crops are cotton, millet, groundnut, sunflower, and wheat.[10] Bentonite is commercially mined.[10]
Rivers
Abdasa Taluka is drained by three rivers namely - Khari river, Kankavati river and Berachiya river.[10]
Notes
- ↑ Kachchh District Panchayat: Taluka Panchayat. Kutch District.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Districtwise / Talukawise Salient Features of Population Statistics (1991 and 2001): Gujarat. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Census 2001 Population Finder: Gujarat: Kuchchh: Abdasa. Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Distribution of the Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps (Gruiformes: Otididae) in Gujarat State, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa({Template:Year).
- ↑ Running out of time? The great Indian bustard Ardeotis nigriceps—status, viability, and conservation strategies. European Journal of Wildlife Research({Template:Year).
- ↑ Photographs: Naliya Birds. India Nature Watch.
- ↑ Kutch by India. Superintendent of Census Operations, Gujarat{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State(1964)
- ↑ Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Abdasa, Kachchh, Gujarat. Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
- ↑ Villages of Abdasa Taluka. Kutch District.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 અબડાસા તાલુકા પંચાયત (Abadasa Taluka Panchayat). Kutch District.