Abdasa Taluka
Abdasa-Nalia Taluka Abadasa Taluka, Abrasa Taluka | |
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taluka | |
Coordinates: 23°15′N 069°00′E / 23.250°N 69.000°E | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Kutch |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 97,508 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 ( IST) |
Vehicle registration | GJ |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kachchh |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Abdasa [1] |
Website |
gujaratindia |
Abdasa Taluka is a taluka (administrative subdivision) in Kutch District, Gujarat, India. [2] Its administrative centre is the town of Naliya. The taluka covers 2,398.26 square kilometres (926 sq mi). [3]
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. [3] [4] The taluka was entirely rural. [4]
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. [5] [6] [7]
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 [8] - which are in group known as Abdasa ni Panchtirthi - meaning five tirthas of Abdasa.
Abdasa Taluka has eighty-five panchayat villages, [9] and a total of 167 villages [10] Including Varandi Moti.
The main crops are cotton, millet, groundnut, sunflower, and wheat. [11] Bentonite is commercially mined. [11]
Abdasa Taluka is drained by three rivers namely - Khari river, Kankavati river and Berachiya river. [11]
Abdasa Taluka
Abdasa-Nalia Taluka Abadasa Taluka, Abrasa Taluka | |
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taluka | |
Coordinates: 23°15′N 069°00′E / 23.250°N 69.000°E | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Kutch |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 97,508 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 ( IST) |
Vehicle registration | GJ |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kachchh |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Abdasa [1] |
Website |
gujaratindia |
Abdasa Taluka is a taluka (administrative subdivision) in Kutch District, Gujarat, India. [2] Its administrative centre is the town of Naliya. The taluka covers 2,398.26 square kilometres (926 sq mi). [3]
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. [3] [4] The taluka was entirely rural. [4]
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. [5] [6] [7]
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 [8] - which are in group known as Abdasa ni Panchtirthi - meaning five tirthas of Abdasa.
Abdasa Taluka has eighty-five panchayat villages, [9] and a total of 167 villages [10] Including Varandi Moti.
The main crops are cotton, millet, groundnut, sunflower, and wheat. [11] Bentonite is commercially mined. [11]
Abdasa Taluka is drained by three rivers namely - Khari river, Kankavati river and Berachiya river. [11]