Mehsana district


Mehsana district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 1.8 million and an area of over 4,500 km². There are over 600 villages in this district with a population of 2,035,064 of which 22.40% were urban as of 2011.
Mehsana district borders with Banaskantha district in the north, Patan and Surendranagar districts in west, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in south and Sabarkantha district in the east.
Major towns of the district are Mehsana, Vijapur, Bahucharaji, Satlasana, Modhera, Unjha, Vadnagar, Kalol, Kadi, Visnagar, Kherva, Jotana and Kheralu.

History

Mehsaji Chavda, a Rajput and an heir of Chavda dynasty, established Mehsana. He constructed the Toran of city and a temple dedicated to Goddess Toran in Vikram Samvat 1414, Bhadrapad Sud 10. It is described by Jaisinh Brahmbhatt in poems of 1932 AD. It is also corroborated by Manilal Nyalchand, an author of Pragat Prabhavi Parshvanath of Samvat 1879. He also refers that Mehsaji built the temple dedicated to Chamunda. It inconclusively establishes that the town was founded during Rajput period. Another legend says that Mehsaji established it in Vikram Samvat 1375.
Gaekwads conquered Baroda and established Baroda State. They expanded their rule in north Gujarat and established Patan as its administrative headquarters. Later the headquarters was moved to Kadi and subsequently to Mehsana in 1902. This northern area under Baroda was divided in 8 mahals. Gaekwad also connected the city by Baroda State railway which was opened on 21 March 1887. Sayajirao Gaekwad III built a palace known as Rajmahal in Vikram Samvat 1956 for his son Fatehsinhrao. It is now used as a district court.
Baroda state was merged with India after independence in 1947. It was included in Bombay state. Later became part of Gujarat in 1960 after partition of Bombay state into Gujarat and Maharashtra. Now Mehsana is a standalone district in north Gujarat.

Divisions

There are 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Kheralu, Unjha, Visnagar, Becharaji, Kadi, Mahesana and Vijapur. Kheralu is part of Patan Lok Sabha constituency and rest are part of Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Mehsana district has a population of 2,035,064, roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 229th in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.91%. Mehsana has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 84.26%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.58% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati and 1.99% Hindi as their first language.
Mehsana district consists 10 talukas: Becharaji, Kadi, Kheralu, Mahesana, Vadnagar, Vijapur, Visnagar, Satlasana, Jotana, and Unjha. Populations as of 2011 were as follows:
2011 PopulationTotalMaleFemale
Becharaji99,58851,15248,436
Jotana---
Kadi81,40442,86938,535
Kheralu133,77868,96864,810
Mehsana529,816277,094252,722
Vadnagar145,44574,43771,008
Vijapur257,699133,713123,986
Satlasana89,54646,03643,510
Unjha175,53991,09384,446
Total2,035,0641,056,520978,544

Education

Engineering colleges in Mehsana district:
Pharmacy and Medical colleges in Mehsana district:
Science colleges in Mehsana district: