Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 317
Sex Ratio Rank : 248 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 118 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 495 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
We face shortage of water. All the villagers do
not receive clean drinking water.
Road infrastructure is weak.
Unemployment is also a grave issue.
The quality of education is very poor. Every village does not have
schools. Children walk long distance to reach schools. So the drop
out rate is high. Health infrastructure is poorly maintained. Unavailability
of medicines makes the situation even worse.
Brief About Banas Kantha District
Banas Kantha is a district in Northeast of Gujarat
state of India
Geography and Political Facts
The administrative headquarters of this district is Palanpur.
Banas Kantha has a population of near 20 lakhs in its 10,751 sq.
km. area.
Banaskantha borders with Rajasthan state in the North, Sabarkantha
district in East, Kutch district in South and Patan and Mehsana
district in the South.
In the year 2000 parts of this district were broken off for the
formation of Patan district.
Other details
Famous Ambaji temple in Ambaji, is at the foot of Aravalli mountains
near the mouth of Saraswati river.
