Porbandar
District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio Geographical Area : 2297.8 Km2
Population in Porbandar (Census 2011)
Total Population : 586,062
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 12895
In seeing : 6095
In speech : 717
In hearing : 885
In movement : 3578
Mental : 1620
Social, Environmental
& Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district Backwardness : 388
Sex Ratio Rank : 329
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 488 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 224 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities There are industries in Porbandar which has led to
environment degradation.
The development of industries has been stagnant. Due to this unemployment
has increased.
Provisions of higher education are needed. Children move out of Porbandar
for studying in colleges. There are no technical or medical colleges
here.
Government should not neglect Porbandar. We need industrial revolution
and facilities for higher education..
Brief About Porbandar District This city is an important port located on the
Arabian Sea on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent. It has
a population of over 100,000. The town is best known for being
the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi. In the 10th century it was known
as 'Pauravelakul' and then 'Sudamapuri' (After Sudama, friend
of Lord Krishna). It is today a tourist centre and is served by
an airport and train line. In addition it also has a deep sea
port that was built over the last 25 years. The name "Porbandar"
came from the combination of two words, i.e., the famous goddess
"Porai" and "Bandar" means Port.
Genaral Information
This district was carved out of Junagadh district.
It lies in the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the administrative
headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by
Jamnagar (North) and Junagadh (South) districts. To the west is
the Arabian Sea.
Rivers Ozat Meghal Bhadar
Agriculture
Crops Cotton, Groundnut, Bajra, Gram, Wheat, Tal and Jowar
Places of Interest
Githa Mandir1957 Another view Githa Mandir1957Kirti Mandir (Birthplace
of Gandhi) Sudama Mandir Nehru Planetarium Bharat Mandir
Voice
of Porbandar NGO
How we have chosen
the above NGO ?
From our database of 50 000 NGOs, we have randomly picked up NGOs
for each district, so that we give opportunity for any NGO to share
their concerns for the district.
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During 2013-14, we plan to talk to 3 to 5 NGOs from each district,
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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