Patan
District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio Geographical Area : 5730.4 Km2
Population in Patan (Census 2011)
Total Population : 1,342,746
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 35236
In seeing : 18218
In speech : 1912
In hearing : 2510
In movement : 9899
Mental : 2697
Social, Environmental
& Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district Backwardness : 318
Sex Ratio Rank : 256
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 260 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 369 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities Following are the social and developmental challenges
of the district:
Increasing practice of alcoholism among men is leading to rise in
many social evils like beating women etc.
Lack of technical knowledge related to agriculture and animal husbandry
among the farmers.
Literacy rate for girls starts declining after their primary education.
As for secondary education they are required to travel far from their
homes. So the parents prefer in making them sit at home and work.
Brief About Patan District
About The District
Patan is a city in Gujarat state of western India. It is the
administrative seat of the District of the same name.
History
Patan is an ancient fortified town, founded
in 746 by Vanraj Chavda, the most prominent king of the Chavda
Kingdom. He named the city Anhilpur Patan after his close friend
and Prime Minister Anhil. The city was also known as Anhilwara
in the Middle Ages. Patan enjoyed a privileged status of capital
of Gujarat, for about 600 years from 746 to 1411. The major Rajput
clans of Chavdas (746-942), Solankis (942-1244) and Vaghelas (1244-1304)
ruled the Hindu Kingdom of Gujarat from Patan. Historian Tertius
Chandler estimates that Anhilwara was the tenth-largest city in
the world in the year 1000, with a population of approximately
100,000. Muhammad of Ghor attacked the city in the 1180's, but
was rebuffed by the Solankis; Muhammed's general (and later Sultan
of Delhi) Qutb-ud-din Aybak sacked the city between 1200 and 1210,
and it was destroyed by the sultans in 1298. After the collapse
of the Delhi Sultanate at the end of the 14th century Gujarat
became an independent Sultanate, and Sultan Ahmed Shah moved the
capital to Patan. The modern town of Patan later sprung up near
the ruins of Anhilwara, and contains many Jain temples. Patan
was part of the Maratha state of Baroda from the mid-eighteenth
century until India's independence in 1947, when Baroda became
part of Bombay state, which in 1960 was separated into Gujarat
and Maharashtra.
Current Presently,
Patan is home to the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat
University. Patan is a prominent medical centre in the north Gujarat
with almost 200 practicing medical professionals. Patan serves
as a central market place for local farmers. Patan is also a tourist
destination with a rich religious and cultural history and landmarks.
Patan has numerous Hindu and Jain temples as well as Muslim mosques.
References Chandler, Tertius. 1987. Four Thousand
Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census. St. David's University
Press.
Voice
of Patan NGO
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including our set of recommended NGOs, to get an overall perspective
of the challenges of the district.
NGO
Database for this district
Total NGOs
FCRA NGOs
FCRA NGOs (1 crore plus)*
Recommended NGOs
* NGOs which received over Rs 1 crore FCRA donations
in 2011-12
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