Mahisagar district

Mahisagar district is a district in the state of Gujarat in India that came into being on 26 January 2013, becoming the 28th district of the state. The district has been carved out of the Panchmahal district and the Kheda district. District Name Mahisagar given from "Mahi River".^[1] Lunawada is the district headquarters of Mahisagar. It started its operation in full-fledged from 15 August 2013.

Mahisagar district
District of Gujarat
Temple with a Dome, Kaleshwari Bottom: Kadana Dam
Interactive Map Outlining Mahisagar District
Location in Gujarat
Coordinates: 23°9′N 73°39′E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Headquarters	Luneshvari
Established	15 August 2013
Named after	Mahi River
Government
• Type	District Panchayat
Area
• Total	2,260.64 km2 (872.84 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	994,624
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	389230
Telephone code	+912674
Vehicle registration	GJ-35
Website	mahisagar.nic.in

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Mahisagar district had a population of 9,94,624, of which 105,987 (10.66%) lived in urban areas. Mahisagar had a sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 50,862 (5.11%) and 350,217 (35.21%) of the population respectively.^[2][3]

Religions in Mahisagar district (2011)[4]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			93.85%
Islam			5.89%
Other or not stated			0.26%

Hindus are in majority with 933,421, while Muslims are 58,546.^[4]

Gujarati is the predominant language, spoken by 98.95% of the population.^[5]

Politics

This section is transcluded from 15th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Remarks
Mahisagar	121	Balasinor	Mansinh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	122	Lunawada	Gulabsinh Chauhan		Indian National Congress
	123	Santrampur (ST)	Dr. Kuberbhai Dindor		Bharatiya Janata Party	MoS

Geographic Profile

SR. NO[6]	TALUKA	AREA (HECTARE)	NO. VILLAGE	DISTA. FROM DIST. HEAD QUARTER	LAND UNDER CULTIVA-TION (HECTARE)	FOREST
1	Balasinor	30159	47	47	26186.00	2,559.00
2	Kadana	40255	136	36	25449.00	9,570.00
3	Khanpur	27833	86	30	17710.00	8,071.00
4	Lunawada	51645	243	0	70658.00	9,146.00
5	Santrampur	54716	153	32	30624.00	11,060.00
6	Virpur	21456	52	30	14483.00	1,071.00
	Total	2,26,064	717		1,85,110.00	13,497.20