Mehsana district


Mehsana district is one of the 34 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has a population of over 2 million and an area of over 4,400 km2. As per 2011 census 25.27% of total population of the district lived in the urban area while 74,73% lived in the rural area. There are 614 villages in the district.
Mehsana district borders with Banaskantha district in the north, Patan and Surendranagar districts in the west, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in the south and Sabarkantha district in the east.
Major towns of the district include Mehsana, Vijapur, Bahucharaji, Satlasana, Unjha, Vadnagar, Kalol, Kadi, Visnagar, and Kheralu.

History

Mehsaji Chavda, a Rajput and an heir of the Chavda dynasty, established Mehsana. He constructed the Toran of the 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, Bechraji, Kadi, Mahesana and Vijapur.

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. During the decade from 2001 to 2011, the population grew by 10.73%. Mehsana has a sex ratio of 926 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.61%. 25.27% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes makes up 7.97% and 0.46% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.58% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati and 1.76% 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---
Kadi341,407177,698163,709
Kheralu133,77868,96864,810
Mehsana529,816277,094252,722
Satlasana89,54646,03643,510
Vadnagar145,44574,43771,008
Visnagar262,246136,329125,917
Vijapur257,699133,713123,986
Unjha175,53991,09384,446
Total2,035,0641,056,520978,544

Politics

Education

Engineering colleges in Mehsana district

  • Saffrony Institute of Technology, Linch, Mehsana
  • Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar, Mehsana
  • S.P.B. Patel Engineering College, Saffrony Institute of Technology, Linch, Mehsana
  • U.V. Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University, Kherva, Mehsana
  • Unjha Engineering College
  • L.C.I.T Institute of Technology, Bhandu
  • Merchant Engineering College, Basna, Mehsana
  • Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Piludara, Mehsana
  • Gujarat Technological University - Institute of Technology and Research, Mevad, Mehsana

    Medical

  • GMERS Medical College, Vadnagar
  • Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar

    Pharmacy colleges in Mehsana district

  • S.V. Institute of Management, Kadi, Mehsana
  • S.K. Pharmaceutical college of education and research, Ganpat University, Kherva, Mehsana
  • Pharmacy college in Bechraji, Mehsana
  • Pharmacy college in Modasa, Dist-Mehsana

    Science colleges in Mehsana district

  • Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences, Ganpat University, Kherva
  • Nootan Sciences College, Sakalchand university, Ganj bazar, Visnagar
  • Mehsana Urban Science College, Nagalpur
  • Smt. R.M. Prajapati Arts College

    Teacher colleges in Mehsana district

  • S.A.Patel B.ed College, Rampura, Mehsana

    University

  • Ganpat University
  • Indrashil University
  • Sankalchand Patel University

    Villages