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District – at a Glance

Detail Information
Latitude 21.41 N to 22.58 N
Longitude 68.57 N to 70.39 E
Area

5,846 Sq. KM

Surrounded by Gulf of Kutchhchh, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Rajkot District and Porbandar District.

Sub-Division

1. Prant Office – Jamnagar City

2. Prant Office – Jamnagar Rural

3. Dhrol Prant

4. Lalpur Prant

Taluka

1. Jamnagar City

2. Jamnagar Rural

3. Kalavad

4. Dhrol

5. Jodiya

6. Lalpur

7. Jamjodhpur

No. of Villages

421

Gram Panchayat *

413

Municipality *

1. Jamnagar Municipal Corporation

2. Sikka

3. Dhrol

4. Kalavad

5. Jamjodhpur

Population (as per Census 2011)*

Total     : 13,89,283

Male     :   7,18,306

Female :   6,70,977

Urban   :   7,29,270

Rural    :   6,60,013

Population Growth*

10.22 % ( 2001 – 2011 )

Sex Ratio*

934 female per 1000 male

Population Density *

238 persons per Sq.KM

Literacy Rate*

76.72 %

RainFall*

1100 mm ( average of year 2012 to 2016)

Agriculture Crops

Ground Nut, Cotton, Wheat, Battery, Castor,

Minerals

Boxsite, Black-White Stone

Industry

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Brass Industry, Oil Mill, Oil Refinary

River

Und, Vartu, Aji, Ruparel, Rangmati, Nagmati, Fulzar, Venu

Education*

Primary School : 746

Secondry/Higher Secondry School : 293

Colleges : 29

Health Centre

PHC : 31

CHC : 9

Sub Centre : 210

Urban Centre : 4

* Source : District Statistics Report, District Panchayat Jamnagar – Census 2011