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Gir Somnath
District of Gujarat
Top: Somnath temple Middle: Gir National Park Bottom: Bhalka Tirtha
Interactive Map Outlining Gir Somnath District
Location of district in Gujarat
Coordinates: 20°53′49.06068″N 70°36′31.15681″E / 20.8969613000°N 70.6086546694°E / 20.8969613000; 70.6086546694
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Region	Saurashtra
Headquarters	Somnath
Government
• District Magistrate	H. K. Vadhvaniya, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	Manoharsinh Jadeja, IPS
Area
• Total	3,755 km (1,450 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,217,477
• Density	320/km (840/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	GJ 32
Website	girsomnath.nic.in

Gir Somnath is a district of Gujarat, India. It is located on the southern corner of the Kathiawar peninsula with its headquarters at the city of Somnath.

Gir Somnath was split from Junagadh district in August 2013, when seven new districts came into existence in Gujarat.

Veraval, Talala, Sutrapada, Kodinar, Una and Gir-Gadhada are the talukas of Gir Somnath.

The Gir Forest is a home of many wildlife creatures including lions, deer, and monkeys. Asiatic Lions can be only be found in the Gir Forest.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Gir-Somnath district has a population of 1,217,477, of which 333,009 (27.35%) lived in urban areas. Gir-Somnath had a sex ratio of 964 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 113,822 (9.35%) and 17,761 (1.46%) of the population respectively.

Hindus are 1,048,741 (86.14%) and Muslims 164,520 (13.52%) of the population respectively.

Languages of Gir Somnath district (2011)

At the time of the 2011 census 96.09% of the population spoke Gujarati and 1.70% Hindi as their first language.

Politics

Villages

• Amodra
• Bhuvavada
• Delwada
• Matana
• Supasi
• Malgam

See also

• Sasan Gir
• Somnath temple
• Veraval
• Veraval Chowpati

Notes and references

1. ^ permanent dead link‍] Industrial Potentiality Survey Report of Gir Somnath [2016-17
2. "Promises Delivered! Gujarat Cabinet approves creation of 7 New Districts and 22 New Talukas". Narendra Modi. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
3. "Maps of Gujarat's new 7 districts and changes in existing districts". Desh Gujarat. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
4. ^ "About Gir Somnath - Collectorate - District Gir Somnath". Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
5. "District Census Hand Book – Junagadh" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
6. ^ "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
7. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
8. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 400.

External links

• Official website
• Geographic data related to Gir Somnath district at OpenStreetMap

v t e Places adjacent to Gir Somnath district
Junagadh district Junagadh district Amreli district Arabian Sea Gir Somnath Amreli district Arabian Sea Diu district, Daman and Diu Gulf of Khambhat

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