6-570: 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
12-783: A Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district. Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government. Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra , Kolkata in West Bengal , Hyderabad in Telangana , and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors. The majority of districts are named after their administrative centre. Some are referred to by two names,
18-459: A traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes , the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, area in square kilometres, and
24-466: Is a home of many wildlife creatures including lions, deer, and monkeys. Asiatic Lions can be only be found in the Gir Forest. 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
30-465: Is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory . In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions , and in others directly into tehsils or talukas . As of 24 November 2024 , there are a total of 787 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has
36-544: 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. This article about a location in the Indian state of Gujarat is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Districts of India A district ( zila ), also known as revenue district
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