Tapi district


Tapi district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India.It has 7 talukas Vyara, Songadh, Nijhar, Valod, Uchhal, Dolavan, Kukarmunda. Vyara town is the district headquarters. The district was formed in 2007 out of some talukas that were separated from Surat district. As of 2011, 90.15% of the district's population is rural and 84.2% of its population is scheduled tribes.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Tapi district has a population of 807,022, roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 484th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.07%. Tapi has a sex ratio of 1004 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.23%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 49.09% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 41.86% Bhili, 4.39% Hindi and 2.86% Marathi as their first language.

People from the Tapi district

The District shares Purna Wildlife Sanctuary with the Districts of Dang and Nandurbar, the latter of which is in Maharashtra. The sanctuary is a part of the Dangs' Forest.